"Perhaps Islamic rule will come … and the regime will become totalitarian again," SDC adviser Riad Darar told Newsweek.

In 1994, the line of succession changed in what seemed a promising way. Basil al-Assad, the “hero” and Hafez al-Assad’s ...

Syrian leader Bashar Assad issued what appeared to be his first public statement since he was ousted and fled with his family ...

The Assad regime cultivated ethnic and religious divides that threaten Syria's future even after the dynasty's fall.

The scramble is on to define the future of Syria, quickly, to avert a war even more divisive than the conflict that has riven ...

Assad's flight to Russia may be a blessing in disguise, as it could allow for more effective transitional justice in Syria.

Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad said Monday he wanted to stay in the country after rebels captured the capital, but ...

Syrians take to the streets after Friday prayers - almost a week after the former president fled as rebels entered Damascus.

For my family, with its deep connection to Syria’s democratic past and its painful history under the Assad regime, the ...

Assad's statement on Monday appeared to contradict the announcement made by the Russian foreign ministry after the Kremlin had granted asylum to the former Syrian leader. The ministry said that Assad ...

Can Syria forge a path out of chaos without the need for an extreme ideology to hold it together? “Chaos,” wrote Albert Camus ...