As Syria emerges from decades of dictatorship, people in the Assad family's ancestral home of Latakia province are both overjoyed and anxious. Assad and his family are Alawite, an offshoot of Shia ...

For weeks, Iranian officials have downplayed the fall of their ally in Syria. But an important general has offered a ...

The Syrian shrine of Sayedah Zainab drew Iran-backed militiamen from throughout the region. With Assad's fall, they've fled, ...

After the downfall of the Assad regime, how can Syrians reconcile and form an inclusive government for all citizens? NPR speaks with Mona Yacoubian with the United States Institute of Peace.

This report on the disastrous state of the Ukrainian military was submitted to the WSWS by underground journalists from the ...

The country’s new leaders are pushing to restore a sense of normalcy. But Syria remains under a host of international ...

While Qatar is proactively supporting the new leadership in Damascus and the Saudis are engaging with the transitional ...

The system of detention, torture and death run by Syria’s former ruler, Bashar Assad, is starting to come out into the open ...

The violent death of a 16-year-old Halifax boy was brought into stark relief Monday as a Crown lawyer presented exhibits to a ...

The move reflects Washington’s wariness about the U.S.-designated terror organization that leads the country.

The U.S. on Monday eased some restrictions on Syria’s transitional government after Islamist insurgents ousted Syrian leader ...

The presence of Israeli troops who entered a U.N. buffer zone on the border with Syria following the fall of President Bashar ...