DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule while promising to protect the rights of all Syrians for five ...

The document enshrines separation of powers and guarantees women's rights, freedom of expression and media freedom.

Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa signs the country’s constitutional declaration. Developing ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to a U.S. and Ukraine offer for a temporary ceasefire with his own demands and questions about what a 30-day pause in the war would mean for his long-term ...

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

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

Oweis said Syrian forces looted hundreds of Christian homes during the assault on Alawite communities between the coastal towns of Tartus and Latakia. Jihadis stormed the home of Oweis’s friend and ...

Russia castigated Syria's new leaders in a closed United Nations briefing this week, two sources briefed on the meeting told Reuters, warning against the rise of jihadists in Syria and comparing ...

By bnm Gulf bureau Ahmed al-Sharaa has signed a draft constitutional declaration, making him president of Syria for a ...

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