"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.
The image of the two men meeting, having discarded their military uniforms and put on suits, illustrates how leaders can ...
As gang violence spreads in Haiti, locals say a Kenya-led U.N. security force in support of local police is not delivering ...
Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan has called on his militant group to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a bid to end a four-decade long conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of l ...
The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...
After the fall of Assad, many Syrians hope for a better future. But intense political and economic challenges risk derailing ...
Syria’s interim president has signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years ...
Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood at edge of the occupied Golan Heights and looked out over ...
Syria’s de facto leader reiterated his pledge to deliver a democratic political transition as talks on the country’s future opened. Ahmed al-Sharaa on Tuesday urged his countrymen to unite and ...