Syria registers its first Jewish organization as the Jewish Heritage in Syria Foundation gains official approval to protect sites and coordinate returns.
Once a member of al Qaeda and the Islamic State and now leading Syria’s fragile transition since toppling the Bashar Assad regime, Ahmed al-Sharaa is ready to take to the global center stage at the ...
Amid escalating tensions and evolving diplomatic overtures, the relationship between Israel and Syria has entered yet another complex phase. In wake of the fall of the Assad regime, tentative ...
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 24, 2025. Photo credit: Liri Agami/Flash90 via JNS With Ahmed al-Sharaa, the new president of Syria, having met this ...
An increasingly dominant force in the Middle East, Israel has been seeking to shape developments in Syria by supporting allied Druze militiamen as part of an effort to weaken the country’s national ...
The fall of the Assad regime last December, after fifty-five years of hereditary dictatorial rule, was as momentous and unexpected as its beginning and endurance since the 1970s. Amid the ...
Jon Alterman testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East & North Africa regarding the new Syrian government and strategies the U.S. can use to advance U.S. interests in the ...
Syria is a patchwork of identities, par for the course in a region where novel nationalities vie with tribe and religion for the citizenry’s loyalty. For most of the country’s history, the Assad ...
Moderator, "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan;" Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan is moderator of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on CBS. Based in Washington, D.C., ...
Syria says it is withdrawing troops from a flashpoint southern city after days of deadly clashes with an Arab minority group that triggered military action from Israel. Syrian President Ahmed ...
Syria has arrested five people suspected of having links to the shooting of five Iowa National Guard members, two of whom ...