DAMASCUS: Samir al-Baghdad grabbed his pickax and walked up a wobbly set of stairs made of cinderblocks and rubble. He is ...

When Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria, merchants like Youssef Rajab kept much of their imported stock hidden for fear of arrest ...

As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country’s northwest late last year, officials from ...

A court in Paris has accused the overthrown Syrian ruler of complicity in war crimes in relation to a deadly attack on ...

Once Syria's most influential minority, Alawites struggle to move on from their association with a hated dictator.

Syria's central bank has ordered banks to freeze accounts linked to Assad's regime, targeting key businesses like the Katerji ...

The rebel offensive benefited from careful preparation and the support of Turkey, which occupies territory in Syria’s north ...

Last week’s column looked at the SWP’s politics on the fall of Assad and how they distort reality in Syria by looking through ...

After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the demilitarized buffer zone created in Syria after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

Syria's new authorities are using Islamic teachings to train a fledgling police force, a move officers say aims to instil a ...

Turkey has emerged as one of the most influential power brokers in Syria after rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last month, ...

Syria’s first post-Assad protests broke out on Dec. 25 after a video claiming to show the destruction of an Alawite shrine ...