Map of Eastern Turkey-in-Asia, Syria, and West Persia. Scale, 1/2,000,000, or 1 inch = 31.56 miles. (London: Royal Geographical Society, 1910.) THE issue of this map occurs at an opportune moment.

In Syria, the stunning downfall of the Assad regime brought jubilation to millions of people who had lived under 13 years of on-off civil war and brutal dictatorship.

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The U.S., despite lack of U.N. approval and growing demands for legal justifications, is determined to strike Syria in response to an Aug. 21 ...

Western countries have imposed layers of crippling sanctions on Syria for decades. Syrians say the sanctions are impeding any hope of rebuilding a country shattered by civil war.