Whether Syria’s new leadership is truly seeking reconciliation — or consolidating power under a new flag — will determine ...

This is big, since the Kurds had been fighting throughout the Syrian civil war to stake out independent territory in the north. Not only had they been clashing with the former Ass ...

When I interviewed Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus on Feb. 27, neither one of us knew ...

Syria’s Druze minority is trying to navigate a new, uncertain Syria. Members of the small religious sect find themselves ...

They are thrilled at the death of the Alawites, the same tribe from which came the Assad family. Western governments ostensibly should have demanded fair trials for any Alawite who was involved in the ...

Under Mr Assad Syria sank from middle-income status to abject poverty. Women saw branches off trees for heating. Children ...

The Israeli premier warned the Sunni jihadist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham that Israel won’t allow its forces “or the new Syrian army to enter the territory south of Damascus.” ...

But this year’s visitors witnessed more than firefall on February 22. They also saw an upside-down American flag, which Yosemite employees reportedly hung over the side of El Capitan to protest ...

“You better listen,” he warned. “We will not allow forces of the [Sunni jihadist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham] HTS or the new Syrian army to enter the territory south of Damascus.

Flags across Oklahoma are to fly at half-staff to honor former governor and University of Oklahoma president David Boren, who died Thursday at 83. On Thursday, Gov. Kevin Stitt issued an executive ...

For the second time in almost 20 years, a developer’s proposal for the northwest corner of Sunnidale and Dobson roads in Springwater has been met with resistance from a number of local ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Two Sunni factions announced on Thursday that they have formed an alliance in preparation for Iraq’s next parliamentary election, expected to take place in October 2025.