The mounting chaos in Homs exemplifies the challenge Mr Sharaa faces all over Syria. His government must ensure the safety of ...

The interim government in Damascus has called for a powerful Kurdish-led militia backed by the United States to disarm and ...

The transitional process will be fraught with challenges, but the Syrian people deserve a peaceful, stable and prosperous ...

Assad had presented himself as a protector of minorities in multi-ethnic, multi-confessional Syria, but largely concentrated power in the hands of the Alawite community to whom his family belonged.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Armed factions in Syria are reacting to a recent decision ... threatening minority groups such as Alawites, Christians, Druze and Kurds.

Assad’s ouster has seen his Iranian allies end crucial oil supplies. Meanwhile, many economic sanctions that initially ...

Iran’s most likely area to target would be the Syrian coast, where many of Assad’s officials fled and a stronghold of the Assad family and their Alawite community. The area saw the emergence of ...

Assad had presented himself as a protector of minorities in multi-ethnic, multi-confessional Syria, but largely concentrated power in the hands of the Alawite community to whom his family belonged.

The long anticipated return home for residents of the Syrian town of Tel Rifaat, displaced since 2014, has collided with a ...