Often mysterious, the graffiti preserves fragments of what the anonymous inmates were thinking as they faced torture and death.

Syria has faced such transitions before. Unless secular, pro-democracy advocates learn from the past, we risk falling into ...

Syria’s new government has strongly condemned Israel’s incursions into a U.N.-monitored buffer zone, urging the international ...

The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups have met in northern Iraq in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a ...

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday his country is ready to welcome UN forces into the UN established ...

Assad’s government in December 2024 created new possibilities to ensure accountability for years of atrocity crimes and the ...

Inclusivity and moderation are indeed immediate priorities for Syria, but a big national vote is not. Democracy does not ...

NATO ally Turkey has emerged as the dominant state power in a new Syria, and is seeking to press its advantage by bombing and ...

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...

In a Damascus courtyard, Syrian activists brainstormed strategies to ensure their country does not return to authoritarianism, in a scene unimaginable under president Bashar al-Assad's rule.

Assad’s regime on December 8 has put Syria in the spotlight once again. Following over a decade of conflict, the killing of ...

An inside view of the Hama prison after the armed groups opposed to Bashar Assad's regime, led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, took ...