Ever since its revolution in 1979, Iran has cultivated a network of proxies and friends throughout the Middle East. For years ...

A Syrian military operation against remnants of the former Assad regime has now ended, having sparked some of the worst ...

"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.

The new Syrian government has signed a deal with to integrate the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia into the ...

The Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which controls much of Syria's oil-rich northeast, signed a deal ...

The violence in Syria in recent days has shown how difficult it will be to unite a fractured country with deeply held ...

Fighting erupted on Thursday between Syria's new security forces and loyalists of the former government of toppled president ...

The attack Thursday near the port city of Latakia reopened the wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war and sparked the ...

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has said that he will punish “even among those closest” to him for participating in ...

Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported ...

Ahmed al-Sharaa says Syria will not be dragged into civil war as he vows to hold accountable those involved in violence.

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