A shadow committee is remaking Syria's economy with secret takeovers of Assad-era companies. A Reuters investigation has ...

Even if it does not, the incident seems a grim turning-point in Syria’s transition. It has reinforced fears that the state is incapable of protecting minority groups. It may also have ripple effects ...

The modern principle of pluralism holds two ideas in tension: Believers should be free to spread their faith, while minority ...

The throne of Damascus has always been a temporary seat – sometimes for kings, sometimes for clerics, sometimes for soldiers.

Dozens of videos depicting gruesome killings of Syrian Druze in war-torn Suweida have caused outrage in the country ...

Damascus requested formal support for defense and counterterrorism, Ankara says, assuring its commitment to Syria’s ...

A blood-soaked week illustrates the perils and challenges faced by the young government.

Video circulating online and verified by NBC News showed Hosam Saraya, 35, and six male relatives being made to kneel before ...

A Syrian government investigation says more than 1,400 people died in sectarian violence along the coast earlier this year.

A lie, by definition, conceals the truth. And when unpleasant but vital truths remain hidden, they go unacknowledged, ...

An American citizen from Oklahoma was among eight men, all family members, rounded up and killed during the sectarian ...

Syria's new government sent troops to quell fighting between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Muslim tribes. Then Israel intervened, bombing Damascus.