“I’m worried I’ll have to face the consequences of my religion. I’m Alawite, same as Bashar al-Assad,” says Ali, a cybersecurity consultant. “I don’t want to lose hope, as I love ...

With Islamist HTS consolidating its grip on power,there are fears that it might impose an illiberal constitution or the one ...

Donald Trump’s pick to oversee 18 intelligence agencies with a $100 billion spy budget is facing renewed scrutiny over an ...

AS NEWS OF the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the dictator’s flight spread over the weekend, many Syrians rushed to the public squares to celebrate. In Damascus, women draped in the ...

Former rebels now controlling Syria name an interim president and throw out the constitution adopted under Assad, saying a ...

Series'The al-Assad saga' (4/4). The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the heir chose the status quo and ...

Syria’s new leadership announced on Friday the arrest of Atif Najib, a cousin of ousted leader Bashar Al-Assad, who is accused of leading a deadly crackdown in Daraa, the birthplace of 2011 ...