The killings occurred in the heartland of Syria’s Alawite minority, escalating after a nascent insurgency formed against the ...

When I interviewed Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus on Feb. 27, neither one of us knew ...

Among the uncertainties facing Syria is the future of U.S. involvement in the country. Since 2014, Washington has backed a de ...

An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor ...

Scores have been killed in fierce clashes between government forces and gunmen loyal to the Assad regime, in a serious ...

The recent killings of Alawite and Christian civilians by the new Syrian government have been condemned by the U.S., while the EU offered a different response.

"A confrontation, possibly even a small-scale military one, may occur between Israel and Turkey," one expert told Newsweek.

The new Syrian government has yet to firmly establish a safe foothold in the country and faces threats from Assad sympathizers who supported his decades-long rule.

Nearly 20 years since Iraq created a new Constitution assuring that people of all religions and ethnicities would be represented in their national government and treated equally, how is this important ...

AIPAC and AJC are taking a cautiously hopeful approach to the new government in Damascus, while Israel is growing ...

Syrian interim president Ahmed Sharaa yesterday called for peace after hundreds were killed in some of the deadliest violence ...