Syria's interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years during a transitional phase. The country's interim rulers have ...

A few days ago, 48-year-old Johnny S., a Greek Orthodox Christian from Syria, found the courage to leave his home in Latakia, ...

Sharaa, seemed to waver between his jihadist past and his presidential present. After the first day of violence he made a ...

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Israeli fire has killed eight Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and three more in the occupied West Bank over the past 24 hours, ...

Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted ...

Abdulwahab Omira escaped Syria's war with his family as a teenager. He recently returned as a Stanford graduate student and a ...

The image of the two men meeting, having discarded their military uniforms and put on suits, illustrates how leaders can ...

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After a period of relative calm in western Syria, the reported attacks raised the specter of continued sectarian conflict in ...