The question asked by many Syrians from Alawite, Shiite, Druse, Christian and other minority communities has become: “Can [I] ...

Without global support, millions of Syrian refugees and displaced persons will see their dream of return ruined, warns Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

The violence in Alawite areas is one sign of Syria’s fragmentation. In the north, Kurdish groups have their own enclaves and ...

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

Syria’s interim president has signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years ...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights said armed groups and foreign fighters aligned with the government but not integrated ...

Russia’s fleet of Tu-214Rs is very small—and shows no sign of increasing. But the bird’s advanced electronics and optical systems offer unique advantages to the Russian military.

Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...

Syria's national dialogue, held in Damascus at the end of February, was intended to chart the country's future, one that ...

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day. Subscribe ... transitional justice, and Syria’s economic model.

Faysal Yousef, ENKS spokesperson told Rudaw that “following the ouster of the Bashar al-Assad regime, the Kurdish community had great hopes for a new Syria where Kurds play a central role in the ...

This video from 2008, tells the story of Maaloula and the people preserving the Aramaic language: The Aramaic language has had a profound influence on Arabic, particularly in the Levant (Syria, ...