Syria has faced such transitions before. Unless secular, pro-democracy advocates learn from the past, we risk falling into ...

While it’s unclear what exact political path Syria will take, the dilemmas the country faces are similar to the experiences ...

The situation bears remarkable hallmarks to the 2021 fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban. In both cases, national armies ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

The article explores why Syria, despite its early independence, was unable to establish a democracy, instead evolving into a ...

The Assad regime cultivated ethnic and religious divides that threaten Syria's future even after the dynasty's fall.

But to take advantage of this crossroads, Syrians need to understand their country’s post-independence history. It suggests that a successful transition to a post-Assad Syria will require ...

As Syria’s new Islamist rulers reshape the way schools teach the nation’s history, students struggle to navigate the traumas of their own pasts.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk made history on Tuesday by becoming the first U.N. rights chief ...

Insights speaks directly to the people with an inside track on the big issues. Here, White Helmets founder Ismail Abdullah talks about Syria's future.

New administration working to establish new country 'based on institutions, not individuals' Asaad Al-Shaibani says - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Syria's new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa and Lebanon's prime minister vowed on Saturday to build lasting ties after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Sharaa said the new Syria would "stay at equal distance ...