The specter of an uncontrolled jihadist resurgence is just one of the potential challenges facing Syria as the new government ...

The Syrian military defector who documented atrocities committed by the Bashar Assad regime by smuggling tens of thousands of photos of Syrian detainees killed by torture has revealed his identity.

There is an opportunity for the US to do the right thing and make sure to secure the detainees while working with the SDF and ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

Syria’s national symphony orchestra performed last week at the Damascus opera house. As hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler explain, musicians and audiences alike expressed relief that the arts are ...

France, like other EU countries, has expressed a desire to engage with Syria’s new administration and lift sanctions on the ...

These days, it seems like there is a high-profile conversion nearly every day. And praise the Lord for that. Celebrities have ...

In Arabic, Assad means “lion,” although that wasn’t his real name. Hafez, Bashar’s father, had adopted it to look strong. Hasan was born in the northeastern Syrian city of Manbij, 18 years before the ...

Syria's transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan are expected to discuss a joint defense ...

To applause, percussionist Bahjat Antaki took the stage with Syria's national symphony orchestra, marking the first classical ...

After the exodus of most Syrian Jews, a few remain in the country they have called home for centuries. The New Arab finds out ...