The article explores why Syria, despite its early independence, was unable to establish a democracy, instead evolving into a ...

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

A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the Syrian uprising, performed in celebration of “Syria’s victory.” ...

A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the ...

Photographers beckoned passers-by to take their picture outside the Umayyad Mosque, an edifice steeped in history that stands at the end of the Souq, in the heart of Damascus. The Umayyad Mosque ...

The Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus was devastated by the Syrian civil war. The scene of violent clashes ...

With the future of the city in the balance, a cultural historian looks past the corruption, violence and trauma of recent ...

Syria's new ruler and Lebanon's prime minister pledged on Saturday to build lasting ties during the first visit by a Lebanese ...

Is Israel’s triumphalism over its land grab in Syria realistic? The hard reality is—Israel now has Al-Qaeda as a next-door ...