In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged Assad’s rule. Tens of thousands of people were killed by the government’s ...

Ankara and Damascus are working on a plan for defense cooperation, according to a Turkish official, who added that Turkey's ...

Here’s a look at that history, with maps as a guide. Situated between some of history’s great empires, the land known as Syria today has been conquered by the Egyptians, Hittites, Assyrians ...

This more detailed road map for Syria's future followed a day after al-Sharaa's first speech at the "Conference for Announcing the Victory of the Syrian Revolution." After he was officially ...

For the moment, the worst elements are gone. Benign neighbors are few, with U.S. allies Turkey and Israel, already active inside Syria. History shows that external actors make reversions to ...

In his first televised speech after being appointed Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa on Thursday outlined a road ...

Most Gaza residents are the descendants of Palestinian refugees driven to the enclave in a 1948 war. They harbor a deep fear ...

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 ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday described Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s visit to Ankara as a “historic” step toward the beginning of a period of “lasting friendship ...

Syria and Türkiye have made "a new history," said Asaad Al-Shaibani, the foreign minister of the new Syrian administration on Wednesday. Speaking at a joint news conference with Turkish Foreign ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Syria’s interim president made his first trip abroad Sunday, traveling to Saudi Arabia in a move likely trying to signal Damascus’ shift away from Iran as its ...

Syria is one example of a place with an extensive history of monuments and buildings of interest as well as active groups of independent conservators. Specializing in heritage documentation and ...