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

along the Western portion of the country bordering Lebanon and the port cities of Litakia and Tartus, through to the capital, Damascus. The cities of Homs and Hama, two of Syria's largest by ...

Until now, Syria had been widely cut off from the global economy. The US, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the Arab League — a group of 22 countries — signaled their support for Syria's new administration.

The results of the National Dialogue Conference will then serve as platform for the country's new "Constitutional Declaration," al-Sharaa explained. This more detailed road map for Syria's future ...