A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to ...

When I interviewed Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus on Feb. 27, neither one of us knew ...

At least 70 people were killed in overnight clashes between Syria’s security forces and loyalists of the deposed dictator ...

"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.

An uneasy calm prevailed in the town on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday, two days after a gunfight between local men and ...

When new rulers with jihadi roots took power in Damascus, artists, singers and dancers held their breath. They can relax, the ...

When Rabbi Asher Lopatin arrived two weeks ago in Syria for the first time, he was concerned, given the uncertain security ...

Thousands of Jews left Syria in 1992, when they were allowed to emigrate. The visit by a small delegation of U.S.-based ...

Islamism is shifting beyond traditional ideologies, with youth-driven religiosity and pragmatism challenging Arab regimes, but this emerging movement lacks a clear strategy Syria's developments ...

Comics had already been trying to foster stand-up in Syria before Bashar al-Assad’s fall. Now, they are telling jokes in a ...

The bases may stay in exchange for diplomatic backing and money from Russia, which has been deeply involved in Syria's ...

In Syria, fighting is intensifying as clashes between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to former President Bashar Assad have left hundreds of people dead.