Even if it does not, the incident seems a grim turning-point in Syria’s transition. It has reinforced fears that the state is ...

The first group of Syrian refugees has returned home from Lebanon under a new plan developed by the United Nations and the ...

When the Syrian civil war erupted in March 2011, Syrian Druze were targeted at times by both the Assad regime, which ...

As Sweida burns, Syria’s new rulers repeat old patterns, fueling sectarian conflict rather than fostering national unity.

Israeli leaders said they launched attacks on Syria this week to protect members of the Druze religious group in the country’s south, amid clashes in the area.

Thousands went missing during Syria’s decades-long intervention in Lebanon. Months after the fall of the Syrian regime, ...

Damascus’s new rulers may be unwilling or unable to protect Syria’s minorities, and calls have arisen to carve sovereign ...

"The government and Hezbollah need to fully commit and act now in order to not consign the Lebanese people to the stumbling ...

As the US considers lifting sanctions on Syria, Lebanon sees both risk and opportunity. President Joseph Aoun eyes regional trade, refugee returns and economic recovery amid shifting alliances ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who Palestinian factions in Syria oppose, visited Damascus last month for the first time in more than a decade and he is scheduled to visit Lebanon on May 21.

By leveraging diplomatic channels and regional alliances, Damascus could raise the costs of future Israeli intervention ...

The Syrian Army first entered Lebanon in 1976 to stop the then-raging civil war and remained until it was forced to pull out after the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik ...