Analysts believe the move reflects an intention to sever ties with figures associated with the previous government and to ...

Facing ‘wall of mistrust’ and ‘doubting sincerity’, officials suspect US really wants to end Iran’s influence in region.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani announced a restructuring of the country's diplomatic missions on Tuesday, ...

Trilateral cooperation of Turkey, Israel, and the US in Syria over the past years mainly rested on the objective of weakening ...

The country’s new leader, Ahmed al-Shara, has donned a suit, trimmed his beard, and dropped his nom de guerre. But Syrians are still afraid.

The Trump administration is torn over how to respond to Russia’s military presence in Syria and whether to ask the new ...

Days before his troops overthrew the regime of Bashar Assad, Ahmad al-Sharaa declared that Syria deserves a system in which no “single ruler makes arbitrary decisions.” Sharaa, once a feared jihadist ...

The dramatic arrest of the Philippines’ controversial former president this month sent shock waves through much of the world ...

The icy winds of Moscow offer little warmth for exiled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, whose sudden downfall on December 8 ...

DANA STROUL is Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as U.S. Deputy Assistant ...

The last weeks of 2024 have brought monumental changes to the Syrian situation, triggered by events in Gaza and Lebanon. On December 8, 2024, Syrian President ...