After Assad’s fall activists urge that Syrian women's role in the nation's political future requires drafting a new constitution guaranteeing equality in rights ...

In-depth: After Assad's fall, Syrian civil society is reorganising for an inclusive political transition and to claim a role ...

Qatar's Emir Visits Syria, First Head of State to Visit Damascus ... its ambassador in protest at Assad's deadly crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, violence that spiralled into a protracted ...

But can Syria’s new rulers deliver on that promise? Will this moment mark the beginning of an inclusive, secular democracy, or will Islamist rule take hold? And can Syria’s fractured society—divided ...

Waseem Albahri, on the challenges of reclaiming a country’s history after it’s been held hostage by a regime that was quite literally re-writing the history books. Since al-Assad’s regime ...

A few days after the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled into exile, in December, an elderly woman sat on the sidewalk ...

The other scenario that Bindi finds very unlikely is that the United States and Europe will commit major military forces to Syria to attempt to promote nation-building and democracy, like they ...

Riyadh was key to the Assad government's return to the Arab League, after severing ties in 2012 over his crackdown on pro-democracy protests that sparked the civil war. Now, Syria's new leadership ...

If Syria becomes a democracy, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham will, I believe, likely have to continue to embrace moderation. But whether the group backs democracy depends on the organization’s calculation of ...

Riad Sattouf’s saga of his parents’ failed bicultural marriage, with its harsh depiction of life in rural Syria, has become a literary sensation. By Richard Fausset Richard Fausset reported ...

Syria's defence minister said Wednesday that Damascus was open to talks with Kurdish-led forces on their integration into the national army but stood ready to use force should negotiations fail.