Syria had experienced 13 years of civil war and splintered into religious and ethnic factions before the regime fell. While Venezuela’s situation differs in many respects from that of Syria, the ...

Syria suffers from severe power shortages, with state-supplied electricity available just two or three hours a day in most ...

Developments in Syria's political transition will be on the agenda when Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani visits ...

The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad has landed at Damascus airport ...

The fall of Bashar Assad to Islamist-led rebels has raised the prospect of Turkey intervening in Syria against Kurdish forces accused by Ankara of links to armed separatists.

The system of detention, torture and death run by Syria’s former ruler, Bashar Assad, is starting to come out into the open.

Azm, an archaeologist and former professor at Damascus University, left Syria with his family in 2006. He recently returned ...

Iran is weaker and more vulnerable than it has been in decades, likely since its decadelong war with Iraq or even since the ...

Berlin is leading efforts within the bloc to ease sanctions imposed during Bashar Assad's rule, the Financial Times has ...

A very different Middle East will greet President-elect Trump this month compared to the region he experienced during his first term. However, there are opportunities to advance American interests for ...

Syria will take its time to organise a landmark national dialogue conference to ensure that the preparations include all ...

Analysis: After decades of fraught ties shaped by conflict and occupation, will Assad's fall lead to a new era of stability ...