The country had achieved 100% literacy; women enjoyed equal rights with men; its many minorities and the Al Assad dynasty, ...

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 ...

Israeli airstrikes in northern and central Gaza killed at least 33 people overnight, Palestinian medical officials said ...

Assad's regime in Syria now in decline, the future of his vast drug empire, particularly the Captagon trade, remains ...

The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved resolutions Wednesday demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and ...

U.N. peacekeepers' "freedom of movement is severely constrained in the current context," a U.N. official told Newsweek.

Slender shoulders, a limp handshake and soft-spoken lisp. Those were the most vivid memories from my meeting with Bashar al ...

As Bashar Al-Assad retreats to Russia, Israel races to destroy military assets — wiping out Syria's air force, sinking its ...

Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick ...

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

The rapid fall of Syria’s autocratic ruler, Bashar al-Assad, this past weekend was one of the most consequential developments ...

Lebanon – home to thousands of Syrian refugees – has long suffered at the hands of the Assad family’s 54-year rule.