For decades, Syria and Hezbollah were close allies, linked through Iran. So, why has Trump sought Syria's help now? It has to ...

Syrian Transitional President Ahmed al Shara and his political allies are building a new Syrian army as part of their effort to unite Syria under their Damascus-based government. The establishment of ...

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), once a crucial US-backed alliance and the most effective force against the Islamic State group in Syria, are reportedly poised to merge into the Syrian army. This ...

On February 7, 2026, Syria and Saudi Arabia signed a series of major economic agreements designed to catalyse reconstruction in war-torn Syria and deepen bilateral cooperation across strategic sectors ...

Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria as president from July 2000-December 2024. His father, Hafez al-Assad, ruled Syria from 1970-2000. Roughly 4 million Syrians have fled to neighboring countries, according ...

The long civil war in Syria was deadly and destructive. Millions of Syrians fled before Bashar al-Assad's regime was overthrown in 2024. But some people also came to Syria for the war. For the first ...

Close to 1.5 million Syrian refugees have voluntarily returned to their home country over the past year. That extraordinary figure represents nearly one-quarter of all Syrians who fled fighting during ...

Syria on Monday denied ever using chemical weapons in its four-year-old civil war, telling a global watchdog it was cooperating fully with the destruction of its toxic stockpile. Damascus’s rebuttal ...

How a Syrian Hiking Club Is Rediscovering the Country The nearly 14-year civil war prevented Syrians from traveling freely to many parts of their own country. After the conflict ended a year ago, a ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Syrian man accused of crimes against humanity denied dozens of charges of torture and sexual violence in the opening of his trial in the Netherlands on Wednesday. The ...

Images of Iran’s streets aflame, with protesters facing off against the security forces of a repressive regime, must reawaken traumatic memories for Loubna Mrie. Her participation in similar protests ...

Thousands of Chinese-born Uyghur fighters fled China to fight in the Syrian civil war. They say generations of political persecution in China motivated them to take up arms. The long civil war in ...