"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.

Syria witnessed the most intense and bloodiest clashes between the new Syrian government and Bashar al Assad loyalists since ...

The death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and ...

The image of the two men meeting, having discarded their military uniforms and put on suits, illustrates how leaders can ...

Anyone in Beirut observing the developments unfolding in Syria will be gripped by fear. It is very dangerous to try to turn back the hands of time. The collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime was a major ...

Syria has witnessed remarkable developments in recent days, with Israel taking a new approach that goes beyond traditional security arrang ...

After decades of fighting an insurgency, the Kurdish group declared a cease-fire. Two days earlier, the P.K.K.’s imprisoned ...

With Russia primarily focused on Europe, Turkey is poised to fill this void with relative ease, as they have already been ...

Assad, Israel launches more attacks, disrupting the national dialogue and asserting control over southern Syria as part of a ...

The advances are detailed in a map produced by the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War. Newsweek contacted Israeli Prime Minister ...