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

Najib was the head of political security in Daraa in southern Syria, under Assad’s regime. Syria’s nationwide uprising was sparked by the arrest and torture of children in Daraa, whom, the Observatory ...

Ahmed al-Sharaa, the head of Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham who this week appointed himself president of a transitional government, has packed the new administration with loyalists and has ordered ...

The fall of Bashar Assad in Syria has led Iran-allied factions in neighboring Iraq to reconsider their push for U.S. forces ...

In late December, Maysaa Sabreen was appointed caretaker governor of the Central Bank of Syria. Sabreen stepped up from ...

Nominee Tulsi Gabbard was rigorously questioned by Senator Mark Kelly over her past skepticism of U.S. intelligence on Syria.

Syrian Kurdish leader Ilham Ahmed says Israel must be part of the solution for Middle East security as tensions rise between ...

Syria’s Islamist leaders pledged to respect religious freedom despite their radical past. Many Christians and Shiites are ...

The Middle East needs U.S. foreign policy to address two key threats: a weakened but unpredictable Iran and the resurgence of Sunni extremism in Syria. As President Trump begins his second term, he ...

Georgia’s four main opposition forces issued a joint appeal to the Syrian authorities, calling on the country’s new leader ...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has extended his congratulations to Ahmed Al-Sharaa on his appointment as the transitional president of Syria. The announcement was made on Wednesday as Syria u ...