A deluge of false or misleading information about Syria has flooded social media. Local and international actors are ...

With the fall of the Assad regime and the rise of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other extremist Sunni Islamist groups, fears have ...

How the rebels treat the sizeable Alawite population, will be some kind of litmus test of whether the takeover of Damascus ...

Such scenes are encouraging as observers ponder what kind of Syria Mr Sharaa and his men will forge. If Mr Sharaa revives ...

The instant collapse of Assad’s rule will reshape the geopolitics of the Mideast for years to come. Within Syria itself, the challenge is how to replace the bloodthirsty past and current revolutionary ...

Saudi Arabia supported various ultra-conservative groups during Syria’s civil war, including Jaysh al-Islam, created with the ...

Syria’s minority Alawite community is gripped by terror as reports spread of killings and disappearances under the country’s new Islamist rulers.

Analysis: How Trump's team navigates Syria's delicate transition into the post-Assad era could have profound repercussions ...

Catch up quick: Al-Shaybani is right-hand-man to Ahmad Al-Sharaa, who is both the de-facto ruler of Syria and the leader of ...

Their differing ambitions—revival of the Ottoman Empire vs. restoration of the Umayyad Caliphate—place them on a potential collision course.

Assad's fall, the actions of Islamist rebels Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham toward Syria's minorities are closely scrutinized. Tim ...