She is the author of Islamic Revivalism in Syria: The Rise and Fall of Syrian Secularism (Routledge, 2012) and Quest for Democracy: Liberalism in the Modern Arab World (Cambridge University Press, ...

Your trusted source for the latest news delivered weekdays from the team at U.S. News and World Report. Sign in to manage your newsletters » Sign up to receive the latest updates from U.S News ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has an op-ed in Thursday's New York Times, urging the American people and their representatives to exercise caution in Syria. From our morning news briefing to a ...

Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria is open to letting Russia keep its air and naval bases along the Mediterranean coast as long as any agreement with the Kremlin serves the country’s interests ...

The recent political crisis in South Korea highlights both the vulnerabilities and resilience of its democracy. Among countries that underwent the third wave of democratization in the late ...

HIRRI, Syria — Mohammad Khalawi explains the devastation of Syria’s Deir al-Zour province through the scars left by the many conquerors who passed through during 13 years of civil war.

JERUSALEM - The Israeli military said it carried out an air strike on Feb 8 targeting a weapons depot used by Palestinian militant group Hamas in southern Syria. Israeli “fighter jets conducted ...

People wait at the entrance of the Al Masnaa eastern Lebanese border crossing with Syria on Jan. 3, 2025, after Syria imposed new restrictions on the entry of Lebanese citizens. — HASSAN JARRAH/AFP ...

OPCW head expected to meet Syrian interim president Previous Assad government hindered chemical weapons inspections DAMASCUS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of ...

Eleven years ago, this defector from the Syrian military police risked his ... at the height of the Assad regime's repression of pro-democracy protests. Terrified by the savagery he had witnessed ...