The head of a rebel group is now the head of Syria. How will he lead a country destroyed by civil war and sectarianism? NPR found clues in a region in northern Syria, where he governed for years.

WITH a Nazi grandfather guilty of crimes against humanity, controversial German politician Beatrix von Storch knows only too ...

At the heart of transforming Syria must be the development and safeguarding of women’s rights. This will prove a revealing lens through which to measure the sincerity of HTS’s professed reforms.

U.N. special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen has said that formation of a “new inclusive government” in Damascus by March 1 ...

As Rabbi Yusuf Hamra and his son Henry were visiting Damascus this week for the first time since emigrating from Syria to the ...

Last week his officials announced a seven-person “preparatory” committee, charged with planning a national conference where a new constitution will be discussed. Critics say it is dominated by ...

The Damascus neighborhood of the man who has been leading Syria's new caretaker government celebrates his new role and ...

The UK’s National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell recently held a low-key meeting with the new Syrian administration, sources have disclosed, boosting suggestions he will play a leading role in ...

Israel’s airstrike near a town located west of Daraa in southern Syria on Tuesday, carried a political message backed by military force, political sources in Tel Aviv said on Wednesday. The strike ...

Bodies of slain hostages Oded Lifshitz, Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas to be returned • IAF strikes weapons belonging to old ...