Inclusivity and moderation are indeed immediate priorities for Syria, but a big national vote is not. Democracy does not itself guarantee peace in a country so recently riven by autocratic rule

After Syria's new authorities arrested an official who issued death sentences to prisoners under ousted president Bashar al-Assad, photos were shared in social media posts that falsely claimed they showed a prison guard who dressed in women's clothing to try to evade capture and escape into neighbouring Lebanon.

Russia has lost a naval base after Syria ended an investment contract with Moscow, asserting its authority over the Tartus port.

ANKARA - Turkey has emerged as one of the most influential power brokers in Syria after rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last month, ending his family's brutal five-decade rule. Read more at straitstimes.

While the world waits to see how Syria's new leadership will govern the war-torn country, Canadian International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says there's "absolutely no question" they are a step up from the Bashar al-Assad regime.

The Muhajireen presidential palace in central Damascus, one of Syrian capital's most beautiful architectural landmarks, bears few scars from the looting that took place in December 2024 as the end of Bashar Al Assad's regime loomed.

Anastasia Moran is the former associate director for advocacy at the Rescue Committee, where she led the group’s advocacy with the U.S. government and the World Bank. She previously served as the U.S.

These horrifying images lay bare the torture regime operated by recently deposed Bashar al-Assad in Syria.The photographs chillingly show the inhumane conditions inside the 'Air Force Intelligence Directorate',

Gabbard’s 2017 trip to Syria, where she met with authoritarian leader Bashar al-Assad, is expected to be a focus of questions from senators weighing her nomination to be director of national intelligence.

A BRITISH holiday firm plans to restart trips to Syria just six weeks after the fall of tyrant Bashar al-Assad’s regime. London-based Untamed Borders stopped taking travellers there last year amid

The article explores why Syria, despite its early independence, was unable to establish a democracy, instead evolving into a mukhabarat state

The end of a half-century of Assad family rule in Syria marked a turning point in the country’s deadly 13-year civil war after rebel forces led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) conquered Damascus. A peace resolution for Syria was long deadlocked,