From this brief mandate, Syria inherited a parliamentary system modeled after France’s, but political parties were little ...

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 ...

Syria's rich history of peaceful coexistence is a natural blueprint for interfaith governance after the sham pluralism of the ...

Syria’s new government is facing backlash after announcing changes to the school curriculum, including introducing what some critics say is an Islamist slant to teaching.

Syrian authorities have arrested a former senior security officer and cousin of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad credited by some with sparking the country's 2011 uprising due to a crackdown on protests ...

Former rebels now controlling Syria name an interim president and throw out the constitution adopted under Assad, saying a ...

Despite Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster last month in a lightning insurgency, the country’s dire economic conditions haven't changed ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A family drives past tanks that belonged to the Assad government, ...

Commercial flights between Turkey and Syria have resumed after 13 years with a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to ...

Crossing the border from Jordan on Dec. 29, one North Jersey man had tears in his eyes. “I hugged the first Syrian person I ...

Officials hoisted Turkish flag to country's consulate building in Aleppo, a key Syrian city, as diplomatic mission reopened ...