Khaled has been an activist calling for Syrian freedom since 2011 when small protests in the country marked the beginning of the Syrian uprising.

The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...

Since the Assad regime fell after more than 50 years in power, the extent of Syria’s cultural isolation is becoming clear.

The trailer has been met with enthusiasm, as people express excitement over a cinema industry without the censorship and ...

At the busy Marjah Square in central Damascus, Rateb Farah, 25, peddles Syrian pounds in stacks on a cardboard box. Sitting ...

Donald Trump's proposal to "take over" Gaza and relocate its population has raised concerns about potential regional instability. But how are the conflicts in the Levant rooted in its history of ...

Amid the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and talks with Israel, Hafez al-Assad's top priority was ...

After the fall of the Assad regime, displaced Syrian women are feeling more hopeful. But there is still plenty of uncertainty in Syria's postwar future. The post Displaced Syrian Women Are ...

A few months after the epochal fall of the Assad dictatorship, Syria remains in flux. Nonetheless, some broad outlines of ...

The regime set up by Hafez al-Assad after the coup d'état of November 13, 1970, had only one objective: Its own continuity, ...

Though Tehran scrambled to help the Assads face off the rebel assault, soldiers were turning on their own commanders ...

A prison in Syria holds about 4,500 members of the Islamic State group who have been there for years without trial.