Syria is finally free of Mr Assad’s brutality. A rebel offensive that began in the north-west on November 27th progressed ...

If you have a mental map of the Middle East, rip it up. The overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria by a coalition of ...

A new global risk map has revealed the world's most dangerous, war-torn cities where travelers will be in jeopardy should ...

Despite escalating tensions in the region and continued fighting in Yemen, a political solution for peace in the country is still possible but ...

There are reports the Turkish-backed rebels are now advancing on Kobani, an important Kurdish-majority town on Turkey’s ...

Assad has created challenges and opportunities for the United States in Syria. But the dissonance between the current and ...

Bashar Assad instead became a doctor in the 1980s and was studying in London to be an ophthalmologist in the early 1990s. But ...

There are Turkish-backed rebels and Sunni Muslim jihadists in the north, Kurds ruling over much of Syria’s east, and ...

The rebel groups and foreign powers contending to shape the country’s future.

The transport route around the southern tip of Africa was once little used — but freighters are now forced to take it and are ...

Turkey and Qatar, net gains; Iran and its Palestinian and Lebanese proxies, net losses; Syria is a big loser; For Israel, the jury is out ...

The overthrow followed a 13-year civil war, which started after Assad crushed pro-democracy protests, killing more than half ...