Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, the head of a body tasked with organizing the election process told ...

Russia announced Wednesday that Syria’s foreign minister will visit Moscow, the first official visit to Russia by an official in the new government in Damascus since former Syrian President Bashar ...

As the new Syrian government looks to redefine its ties with Moscow, Russia aims to maintain its naval and air bases in Syria ...

The announcement comes amid mounting unrest, particularly after deadly clashes erupted in Suwayda province between Bedouin ...

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

Under Assad, Syria’s biggest regional benefactor was Iran, but since the Oct. 7 attacks, it has withstood Israeli military strikes and watched its Palestinian ally, Hamas, also weakened by Israel.

Syria’s most pressing challenge is resolving its deep domestic fractures. The fall of Assad has left a country with weak institutions, destroyed infrastructure, and a population divided along ...

Syria is home to multiple ethnic and religious communities, often pitted against each other by Assad’s state and years of war. Many of them fear the possibility that Sunni Islamist extremists ...

Syrian-Americans and supporters celebrating in a car in Dearborn, Michigan after the announcement of ousting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on Dec. 8, 2024 REUTERS ...

The rapid fall of Syria’s autocratic ruler, Bashar al-Assad, this past weekend was one of the most consequential developments in a year convulsed by war. From Syrians themselves to Syria’s ...

DAMASCUS (AP) — Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad said Monday he wanted to stay in the country after rebels captured the capital, but the Russian military evacuated him from their base in ...