The departure of Bashar al-Assad after 24 years in power has left the Syrian state in disarray, with numerous factions each vying for influence and control ... mapped the current political ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

European foreign ministers agreed on a “road map” to lift financial restrictions, but the change will happen in stages.