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

A series of violent clashes in Syria points to both the lingering Russian and Iranian presence in the country, as well as the extreme risks to civilians. Through interviews and analysis of open-source ...

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

Caution is warranted as regime elements appear to participate in ethnic cleansing.

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

"The American role was a positive role and in the interest of Syria and the Syrians," an SDF political wing adviser told ...

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

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

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

The past week has seen horrific images going viral online of the 6th country on General Wesley Clarke’s memo, Syria, ...

Asked whether Iran was likely to support Syrian Kurdish forces, which Turkey considers a terrorist group, Fidan was blunt. "If you try to create unrest in another country by supporting a group ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan welcomed an agreement between the Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces and ...