The challenge facing Syria's Alawites
The Alawites are a minority esoteric sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam. Between 10-12% of Syrians currently belong to the ...
The Nation on MSN13h
What Does the Future Hold for Syrian Kurds Post-Assad?
NATO ally Turkey has emerged as the dominant state power in a new Syria, and is seeking to press its advantage by bombing and ...
The Economist12h
A short history of Syria, in maps
In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...
Exclusive-Syria's new central bank chief vows to boost bank independence post Assad
Syria's new central bank governor, Maysaa Sabreen, said she wants to boost the institution's independence over monetary ...
National Interest on MSN2d
After Assad: Syria’s Fractured Path Forward
While the fall of the Assad dynasty represents an epochal turning point for Syrians, the future remains in all senses ...
New Syrian officials conduct first police and security cadet graduation post-Assad
The first class of Syrian police cadets since the ouster of President Bashar Assad graduated on Tuesday from the newly ...
UN rights chief urges reconciliation process in first Syria visit
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called on Wednesday for a Syrian national reconciliation process to ...
Syria Confronts an Immense Challenge: Justice for Assad Regime Crimes
The rebel alliance that took power has vowed to prosecute senior figures from the ousted government, but accountability will ...
Phoenix New Times1d
Assad is gone. Now Arizona’s Syrian refugees mull whether to go back
Hundreds of Syrians came to Arizona to escape dictator Bashar al-Assad. After Assad's ouster, will Syria be home again?
A senior Assad aide said a 'trick' by Putin contributed to Syria's collapse
An Assad official claims Putin betrayed his ally by promising support that never came.
Syria's Kurdish community at the center of a post-Assad game of geopolitical tug-of-war
The fall of longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad has created a power vacuum that threatens some of the United States' ...
Politico Europe1h
‘Optimism laced with caution’: The delicate task of Syria’s political transition
Freed from the Assad family and its apparatus of cruel repression, Syrians remain euphoric about the sudden collapse of a ...