Seven months of relative calm in Syria came to a bloody end last week, when what began as local skirmishes escalated into the ...

Assad’s fall, deadly sectarian clashes in southwestern Syria have exposed one of the biggest challenges to the country’s ...

A scholar of religious minorities and the Middle East explains the historical persecution and marginalization of the Alawite ...

After nearly 14 years of civil war, Syria's Assad regime crumbled in a stunning series of rebel advances culminating in the ...

As Syria transitions after Assad’s departure, American officials remain deeply concerned about the potential for extremism to thrive in the power vacuum.

France's highest court Friday annulled a French arrest warrant against Syria's ex-president Bashar al-Assad -- issued before ...

Syria’s civil defense teams evacuated 366 more civilians from Suwayda to the Daraa countryside in southern Syria following ...

For over half a century, one family ruled Syria. Yet nearly overnight, as rebels advanced through the country and ultimately reached the capital, Damascus, that brutal reign came to an end. After ...