Syria has faced such transitions before. Unless secular, pro-democracy advocates learn from the past, we risk falling into ...

While it’s unclear what exact political path Syria will take, the dilemmas the country faces are similar to the experiences ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

The Jewish community in Syria has a history spanning nearly 3,000 years, beginning with the prophet Elijah’s time in Damascus. After the First Crusade in 1099, around 50,000 Jews fled Jerusalem ...

Tracing history sometimes allows us to better understand today’s events and anticipate those that might occur later. What is happening in Syria today is not isolated from the conflicts and ...

Turkey has emerged as one of the most influential power brokers in Syria after rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last month, ...

The changes, announced Wednesday, affect first-to-12th-grade schoolbooks in all Syrian schools, with a focus on history, religion and science textbooks. The Education Ministry under the country ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk made history on Tuesday by becoming the first U.N. rights chief ...

For the moment, the worst elements are gone. Benign neighbors are few, with U.S. allies Turkey and Israel, already active inside Syria. History shows that external actors make reversions to ...

Following the ousting of Assad on 8 December, photos and videos from inside the prisons shared on social media revealed that ...

New administration working to establish new country 'based on institutions, not individuals' Asaad Al-Shaibani says - Anadolu Ajansı ...