The Islamist former insurgents now in charge need to build popular support and demonstrate rule of law. And they’re finding ...

The new construction, visible in satellite imagery, suggests an extended presence. Israel says its forces will stay as long ...

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif welcomed Ahmed Al Sharaa’s assumption of the office of the Syrian president during the ...

This is a rare moment in the Middle East. Opportunity outweighs risk, and shrewdly applied American power and influence could ...

Sharaa’s plans for Syria risk repeating past rebel mistakes. Negotiated, inclusive constitutional reform is key to Syrian ...

Sharaa, promised Thursday to hold a "national dialogue conference" in his first address to the nation since the fall of ...

A Gaza ceasefire is a start, but lasting peace depends on Saudi leverage to halt Israeli expansion, which could shift the ...

Now, foreign countries are trying to steer Syria’s new de facto leaders toward an inclusive government free of sectarian ...

The end of a half-century of Assad family rule in Syria marked a turning point in the countrys deadly 13-year civil war after ...

Sharaa, who led the lightning removal of former dictator Bashar al-Assad, vowed to preserve "civil peace" and issue a ...

Sharaa's Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led the rebel offensive that ousted Bashar al-Assad on December 8.

Speaking at World Economic Forum in Davos, Finland's foreign minister says she is 'pretty sure there will be peace' in ...