Israel’s defense minister says “all hell will break loose” if Hamas does not release three hostages as planned this weekend.

For many years, the Syrian desert was an incredibly dangerous place. Experts believe the last remnants of Islamic State are still there. But are they really?

Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, ...

Before joining the military and building an Alawite caste around himself, Hafez al-Assad was a fervent supporter of the ...

In Arabic, Assad means “lion,” although that wasn’t his real name. Hafez, Bashar’s father, had adopted it to look strong. Hasan was born in the northeastern Syrian city of Manbij, 18 years before the ...

By the end of 2012, the SAA was on the back foot, with rebels holding parts of every major city including Damascus, Idlib ...

A new leader chosen after the fall of Assad The Assad family’s 54-year rule in Syria came to an end in early December when ...

The time had come to bend the knee — or at least bend to ... The talks that ensued, the first between Moscow and Damascus ...

Officials in Syria's caretaker government were left with a state in ruins. Some fear they aren't moving fast enough to fix it ...

With Syria's corruption-ridden economy in shambles after the overthrow of Bashar Assad, the caretaker government’s priority ...

Russia has stepped up its military withdrawal from Syria, removing vehicles and containers from its key Tartous port on the ...

The cease-fire has held despite a dispute earlier this week over the sequence in which the hostages were released.