Top U.S. officials are in the Middle East pressing for stability in Syria and an end to Israel’s 14-month war in the Gaza ...

Russia has established direct contact with the political committee of Syria's Islamist rebel group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the ...

Only one made a significant difference: Rebellions that were unified, with just one major group taking power, tended to build ...

The speed of the Assad dictatorship's collapse stunned even the opposition. But the result is a power vacuum that Israel and ...

Russia could lose key military bases in post-Assad Syria. It could cut a deal to renew access, its footprint may be reduced, or it may leave.

The power vacuum in Syria after the downfall of the Assad regime is set to change a delicate balance of interests between ...

The top U.S. diplomat will meet with regional leaders to emphasize U.S. support for a Syrian-led transition to “an ...

Syria's new interim prime minister pledged to protect minority rights as Washington's top diplomat flew to the region on ...

There, Russian president Vladimir Putin has made a series of strategic miscalculations that will undermine Russia’s influence ...

As more than five decades of Assad family rule come to an end, Syrians are cautiously paving a way forward. As the year draws ...

For more than half a century, the Assad dynasty appeared to have an impregnable hold over Syria. Relying on a formidable security apparatus, brutal use of force, and powerful allies such as Russia, ...

On Sunday, the government of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad fell to a loose coalition of militant factions headed by Abu Mohammed al-Golani, once affiliated with al-Qaeda. Assad fled to Russia, and ...