For more than a decade, Mr. al-Assad remained in power, employing vicious means to do so while enjoying an obscene amount of ...

Kurdish-led authorities who run a sprawling camp for Islamic State-linked prisoners in northeast Syria are preparing the ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will visit Iraq on Sunday for talks with officials on the fight against Kurdish militants, security issues and bilateral ties, a Turkish diplomatic source said on ...

The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups have met in northern Iraq in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a ...

Sham, which overthrew the Assad regime last month, reflects rising U.S. alarm that ISIS could mount a resurgence.

Inclusivity and moderation are indeed immediate priorities for Syria, but a big national vote is not. Democracy does not ...

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

The new Syrian regime can only be trusted if it concedes meaningful decentralization to the country’s minority groups.

Armed revolution in neighbouring Syria has been viewed with concern. The Islamist rebels now in power in Damascus were among ...

The international community should focus on empowering Syria’s local civil society groups and advocating for women’s rights ...

A month after the collapse of the 61-year Baath regime in Syria, Syrian refugees in neighboring Iraq are longing to return ...