The summer home of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad was once off-limits to ordinary Syrians. Now people are lining up to visit ...

The intelligence sharing allowed the new government to prevent an IS attack on the Sayeda Zeinab shrine in Damascus.

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

The E.U. is moving to ease sanctions in a bid to sway how HTS leads Syria’s transition and to further curb Russian influence ...

It is becoming apparent that negotiations between the new leadership in Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) face ...

The fact of the matter is, though, the Russo-Iranian alliance in the Middle East has been dealt a serious blow with the loss of Assad’s regime in Syria. That is now being made all the more evident by ...

For more recent analysis of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), see this August 2023 post from the Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program's Examining Extremism series. Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS or ...

The rebel offensive benefited from careful preparation and the support of Turkey, which occupies territory in Syria’s north ...

The move to put religion at the center of policing risks seeding new rifts in a diverse country awash with guns after 13 years of civil war and alienating foreign governments they have been trying ...

Officers say the move aims to instil a sense of morality as they race to fill a security vacuum after dismantling ousted ...

After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the ...