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Syria's new government sent troops to quell fighting between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Muslim tribes. Then ...
After government loyalists and Druze militia clashed in the southern city of Suweida, Syrian government forces intervened.
The Occupied Territories Bill was first introduced by Independent Senator Francis Black in 2018 and proposed making it an offence “for a person to import or sell goods or services originating in an ...
In Europe, the process is less complicated. Last month, the European Council lifted sanctions on several Syrian companies operating in key sectors like oil production, agriculture, finance, ...
Syria confirms closure of civil war-era desert camp, displaced return home The Rukban displacement camp, which opened and was cut off in the height of the civil war in 2014, housed thousands of ...
After Syria’s Civil War, Refugee Chefs Must Decide Where to Make Their Home For 13 years, displaced Syrians have filled Istanbul with kebabs, shawarma, and falafel. But after the fall of the ...
The meeting came days after President Trump announced he would end sanctions against Syria and met with the country’s president, a former jihadist.
The unrest comes as the Syrian government, in power since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad in December, tries to assert its control over the whole country. So, what’s going on in Syria?
These challenges are related to more than one track and specifically involve three scenarios that could arise from the ongoing negotiations between the two sides, according to researchers who spoke to ...
Syria's new interim government is widely supported. But observers remain cautious over details for the country's democratic future. Is the political program inclusive enough to put Syria's feet ...
In late December, Maysaa Sabreen was appointed caretaker governor of the Central Bank of Syria. Sabreen stepped up from deputy governor after the rebel group Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) toppled ...
A short history of Syria, in maps The most influential people, groups and events that shaped Syria’s role in the Middle East ...