Members of the Free Syrian Army take part in an anti-regime protest in Qusayr, 15 kms (nine miles) from Homs in restive central Syria, on May 7, 2012. AFP PHOTO/STR ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fall of Bashar Assad’s dictatorship in December 2024 has ushered in a nerve-wracking time of hope and fear for Syrians ...

The US forces that led the coalition against the Islamic State group will complete their withdrawal from Syria within a month, three sources told AFP on Monday, as troops began leaving a major base.

China’s inroads in the Middle East demonstrate how the region is still a critical front in the era of US-China competition. The 2025 US National Security Strategy signals the most significant shift in ...

The Syrian rebel forces that toppled Bashar Assad said Wednesday they have advanced farther into the eastern portion of the country as they continue to redraw the map and fill the vacuum left by Assad ...

The toppling of Bashar al-Assad in Syria shattered the illusion that stability in the Middle East can be sustained through brute force. The Syrian regime was one of the most brutal in the world. Its ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Robert Kubinec, University of South Carolina (THE CONVERSATION) The fall of Bashar ...