Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described ...

Recommendations to the Foreign Ministers of EU Member States Ahead of the Syria Conference in Paris on February 13 ...

The sudden collapse of the Syrian government and President Bashar Assad’s flight to Russia in December marked a dramatic ...

In an interview, Murhaf Abu Qasra, a onetime leader in Syria’s insurgency, discussed moves by authorities in Damascus to ...

The discussions in Ankara will include establishing Turkish airbases in central Syria and training for Syria's new army.

Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Jordan will take steps toward jointly combating Islamic State in the region and they aim to hold a ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria's interim president said Iranian militias that previously operated in the country were not only ...

He added that the talks were “aimed at preserving peace and stability in the entire region and improving the economic reality for the Syrian people”. His trip highlights how some Arab states ...

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 ...

Now, foreign countries are trying to steer Syria’s new de facto leaders toward an inclusive government free of sectarian ...