One day after the announcement of Syria's new interim president, the former leader of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militia, Ahmed al-Sharaa, held his first presidential address to the ...

Israel has pushed troops further into parts of southern Syria, citing the need to secure its borders from armed groups as Arab leaders and Iran have accused Israel of attempting to seize territory by ...

In 2011, his forces brutally cracked down on peaceful antigovernment protesters, setting off an armed rebellion. Over nearly 14 years, the civil war spiraled into a multisided conflict involving ...

Israel’s ongoing military actions in Syria undermine the Arab country’s political transition, and the opportunity for Syria and Israel to form a new security agreement, UN Assistant Secretary General ...