Former Maryland men's basketball star, Duane Simpkins, is getting the job done on the hardwood once again -- in a different role. Simpkins is now coaching and l ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the ...

Does more income equal more democracy? Not necessarily, according to an analysis of 200 years of international data.

The Kurdish-led group which governs northeast Syria on Friday rejected a constitutional declaration issued by the new ...

As pagers and walkie-talkies exploded in Lebanon, Syrian security forces were directed to keep communication devices away ...

Instead of merely reacting to developments, we now see an Israel that actively shapes events," Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak tells JNS.The post Syria’s al-Sharaa must normalize ties with Jerusalem or ...

The 1950s charter is remembered as a Golden Age for Syria’s political rights, spearheaded by Aleppan politician and banker ...

The U.S., Israel, Russia and Turkey all face major questions as they look to the future of a post-Assad Syria.

For universities — the institutions charged with producing knowledge, fostering critical thinking and cultivating democratic ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule while promising to protect the rights of all Syrians for five ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s top diplomat, defense minister and intelligence chief paid a sudden visit to Damascus on Thursday, ...

United Nations-backed experts have accused Israel of “the systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other gender-based ...