For decades, statues of Hafez al-Assad symbolized power and repression. Today, they fall as Syrians reclaim public spaces ...

Palestinian health authorities said an Israeli airstrike in the northern West Bank killed at least 10 people late Wednesday, ...

Hamas will release three Israelis, including two women and an 80-year-old man, as well as five Thai nationals during the next ...

Calls for Syria’s new authorities to guarantee equality and safety for Syria’s ethnic and religious minorities have been loud ...

Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, visits Aleppo and encourages local Christians to help rebuild Syria and to keep the Christian presence alive in the ...

It has always been a dream to return here,” said Abu Hamza, one of the few visitors to Palmyra since last month’s downfall of ...

During a visit to Syria, after Assad's fall, Shahira Salloum, managing editor of Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, reflects on Syria's ...

With its wide boulevards and tree-lined neighborhoods, Homs bustled with business, an oil refinery, and agricultural production. Sunni and Alawite Muslims, Orthodox and Catholic Christians—diverse ...

Some European Union sanctions against Syria are being lifted, France's foreign minister said on Monday, as part of a broader ...

A History of Autocracy with the Baath Party The Baath Party was formed in Damascus, Syria, in 1943. It soon established branches in other Middle Eastern countries. Although it adopted a ...

Any prolonged Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon could breathe new life into Hezbollah, a group that was founded to ...

Almost 30% of the millions of Syrian refugees living in Middle Eastern countries want to return home in the next year, ...