The Middle Eastern country had been ruled by outside powers and dictators for centuries before its revolution was realized.

The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse ...

Two weeks after Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was overthrown, the scope of Assad's decades-long abuse of human rights is ...

Assad, old alliances have crumbled, and global powers are figuring out their relationships with Syria’s new de facto leaders.

"I believe there will be violent fighting, the end of which we do not know," a top Syrian Democratic Council official told ...

Examining the political, economic, and security impacts of Beijing losing a key ‘strategic partner’ in the Middle East. | Read this and other China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Syrian Civil War hea ...

The new Islamist-led government promises moderation, but officials aren’t committing to such issues as women’s rights or free ...

Syria’s leadership isn’t the only aspect of the country to be changing as a result of this month’s toppling of longtime ...

All Syrian rebel groups are to be dissolved and united under the Defence Ministry, Syria's transitional government announced ...

The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century ...

The sudden collapse of the long-established Assad family dictatorship in Syria changes the balance and constellation of ...