The Middle East is today more repressive than it was in 2010. The authoritarian regimes that have emerged since 2011 have ...

Intense airstrikes overnight drove Syrian rebels back from the edge of Hama, a major city whose fall would pile pressure on ...

The United States and Russia engaged in a heated exchange at the UNSC meeting over intensifying escalation in Syria. Both ...

Losing a Cabinet nominee to the confirmation process isn’t unheard of for incoming presidents — including for Donald Trump ...

Syrian insurgents captured four new towns early Tuesday, bringing them closer to the central city of Hama, opposition ...

Over the past dozen years, Syrian militant leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani has worked ...

Jolani's and his Islamic militant group Hayat Tahrir ash-Sham have reinvigorated the rebellion against Syria's Bashar al-Assad.

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A historian explains why U.S. sanctions and Iran and Russia’s entanglements in other wars helped create an opening for rebel ...

Fighters from a U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led coalition battled Syrian government forces in northeast Syria early on Tuesday, both ...

Islamist rebels in Syria are taking the fight to the Assad regime. According to activists, Shiite militants have begun ...

The rebel advance in Aleppo has taken everyone by surprise, including Assad. While the future is murky at best, Syrians can ...