The choice of cabinet officials was seen as a litmus test for whether the rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad would deliver on ...

Since the downfall of the Baathist regime, Syrians have been speaking more freely about their future – and their doubts in ...

Assad's dictatorship, Damascus residents have been flocking to this iconic, century-old ice cream parlor in the heart of the ...

The road to Syria was a breeze. The taxi driver, one passenger and I drove through the charming Lebanese-Armenian town of ...

The complex history of the Kurdish people, from nomadic tribes to modern-day struggles for autonomy and recognition.

As Kurds themselves face persecution from both Turkey and Iran, their violence against Assyrians has only intensified through ...

After having defeated the Russians by proxy in Armenia and Syria, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ... in the region by then under the Ottoman flag. Mara’s diplomacy changed the region.

Yet Alawites are not a particularly prosperous group. France, which got Syria in the carve-up of the Ottoman empire after the First World War, deliberately recruited Alawites for its new colonial ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Thousands of Syrians poured into the streets and public squares on Saturday to mark the 14th anniversary of the start of the country’s civil war for the first time since ...

Crowds waved Syrian flags and chanted in celebration of the rebel victory that ended the Assad family’s five-decade rule in rallies in the capital, Damascus, the country’s largest city of ...