Shara, guarantees individual freedoms but gives Mr. al-Shara abundant power and keeps Islamic law as its legal foundation.

Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood at edge of the occupied Golan Heights and looked out over ...

The violence in Alawite areas is one sign of Syria’s fragmentation. In the north, Kurdish groups have their own enclaves and ...

Democracy and peace are not guaranteed when a dictator falls — sometimes, a country’s fate turns uglier and messier.

The image of the two men meeting, having discarded their military uniforms and put on suits, illustrates how leaders can ...

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

Residents described shootings outside their homes and bodies in the streets in Syria’s worst unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s ...

Russia maintains two key military bases in Syria, including an air base in Hmeimim and a naval base in Tartous.

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But as in Turkey, the response of the Kurds in Syria to Öcalan's call is far from a foregone conclusion. Regionally, the move could redraw the map of alliances, especially if it succeeds in ...

Ankara- Turkey’s jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to disarm and disband on Thursday, a move that could end its 40-year conflict with Ankara and have ...