The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century ...

What Syria’s risky new moment means for Syrians, leaders in the region, Turkey, Israel, and America COMMENT | STEVEN A. COOK ...

Will he walk the walk and not just talk the talk? And if he doesn’t win in the elections, will he peacefully stand aside for ...

Many Syrian Christians are still uncertain about their future under the new government. In Idlib province, which the Islamist ...

After public protests and then rebellion erupted in Syria in 2011, Assad’s regime clung to power through systemic torture and ...

Russia and Turkey backed opposing sides in Syria’s civil war that started in 2011, putting them on a collision course.

Last week, while touring Damascus, Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani) was ...

Can a state-centered ideological political agenda in Syria — instead of a violent global jihadist one — succeed after years of dictatorship?

Still, it is in everyone’s interest that Syria succeed. Syrians do not want to endure further strife and devastation, and the ...

Assad’s regime fell. This is a fact, but it woefully understates the enormity, speed, and consequences of what has transpired ...