The Alwaites, who primarily live in Syria's coastal regions, particularly in the provinces of Latakia and Tartus, are ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Monday lifted sanctions against Syria, though his executive order stopped well short ...

Thousands of Syrian refugees are going back to their homeland but conditions there remain extremely challenging ...

U.S. officials said sanctions against targets such as its central bank would end, but they would remain on Syria’s former ...

In a stunning shift in Middle Eastern politics, Syria, under the leadership of Bashar al-Assad, has rejoined the Arab League after 12 years of political isolation. This dramatic turn of events was ...

President Trump signed an executive order this week lifting most sanctions on Syria. Ahead of that action, U.S. officials ...

The collapse of the Assad regime was expected to increase instability, but so far Ahmed Al-Sharaa has attempted to make ...

The fall of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened a window for wealthy Gulf countries to expand their influence as ...

Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his disappearance amid a lighting rebel advance ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump gave his final sign-off Monday to lifting longstanding US sanctions on Syria after pledging to ...

President Trump signs an executive order lifting U.S. sanctions on Syria but keeps measures in place against ousted leader ...

Bashar al-Assad is the second son of Hafez al-Assad, a military officer who led a coup in 1970 and ruled Syria for nearly 30 years. Born in Damascus, the younger Assad was just 5 years old when ...