Syria’s interim president has made his first trip abroad, travelling to Saudi Arabia in a move likely trying to signal Damascus’s shift away from Iran as its main regional ally. Ahmad al-Sharaa, who ...

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

Syrian villagers there ... He and other elders met with two or three officers and a number of soldiers in a forest on the road near his village. "They said, 'We are here to protect ourselves ...

Since Islamist rebels overthrew the Assad dictatorship in Syria, Egypt, with parallels in its own recent history, has watched warily. By Vivian Yee Reporting from Cairo Soon after Islamist rebels ...

By Christina Goldbaum Reporting from Damascus, Syria The newly appointed president of Syria, Ahmed al-Shara, pledged in a speech on Thursday to create an inclusive transitional government that ...

One day after the announcement of Syria's new interim president, the former leader of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militia, Ahmad al-Sharaa, held his first presidential address to the nation. ...

Syria’s former governing party, the Baath, is no more. The party had ruled the country for decades until it was overthrown, along with former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on December 8 ...

When opposition forces ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in a lightning offensive on December 8, they inherited a crisis-hit economy. One month later, they are working to restart it ...

The fall of Assad in Syria will be complex for Jordan. The victory of HTS may empower local Islamists while reopening trade will boost its economy. Jordan must work closely with Syria’s new leaders to ...

The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad creates a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape the balance of power in the Middle East. The weaponry that American policymakers can wield for ...

In December 2024, a handful of rebel groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ousted the brutal dictatorship that had ruled Syria for five decades and set up an interim administration. Now, foreign ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Maya by emailing m.mehrara@newsweek.com. Syria has demanded reparations from Russia in order to "rebuild trust" after a meeting between Damascus' new ...