Syria was poised for liberation. Instead, ethnic violence, sectarian dogma, and unchecked power are threatening to turn ...

The one thing holding Syria together now is Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has taken on the near-impossible job of teaching his people ...

After Assad's fall, I dared to hope that justice ... Muslim," which surged in popularity post-Assad. It glorifies the Umayyad Caliphate, invoking battles like Uhud, where, in a historical irony ...

Makuria was one of three kingdoms that emerged after the fall of Kush at the hands of Aksum around 350 ... which had taken hold of Egypt. The Orthodox Caliphate at its greatest extent, during the time ...

Then, cameras still in tow, Sharaa went to the city’s historic Umayyad mosque to announce that ... shocked to see Iraqis celebrating Saddam’s fall, according to Hossam Jazmati, a Syrian ...