A hmed al-Sharaa, Syria’s president, spoke to The Economist on January 31st in Damascus. The conversation has been translated ...

On a street corner in the old town of Damascus, rugged men with rifles stare sharply at passers-by. Despite their appearance, ...

The Islamist former insurgents now in charge need to build popular support and demonstrate rule of law. And they’re finding ...

When Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by Islamist rebels in Syria in December after 14 years of civil wae, there were concerns ...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has extended his congratulations to Ahmed Al-Sharaa on his appointment as the ...

Sunny today with a high of 63 °F (17.2 °C) and a low of 39 °F (3.9 °C). Mostly cloudy today with a high of 63 °F (17.2 °C) and a low of 36 °F (2.2 °C). There is a 66% chance of ...

Adnan Alaoda feels at home in Damascus's Rawda cafe on al-Abed Street. "It's like a lounge ... Since this former exile returned to Syria on January 8, a month after the fall of Bashar al-Assad ...

The Paris-born, Damascus-raised director Soudade Kaadan reflects on life under Assad – and looks ahead with hope to a future ...

Syria’s new defense minister addressed calls for the liberation of “occupied” areas of the country, the presence of foreign ...

“Only to which extent, is the question.” On Thurday, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani flew to Damascus to meet Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa.Image: Qatar news ...

In Arabic, Assad means “lion,” although that wasn’t his real name. Hafez, Bashar’s father, had adopted it to look strong. Hasan was born in the northeastern Syrian city of Manbij, 18 years before the ...