Syria under the Assads was the first Arab state to recognise the Islamic Republic of Iran. They supported the nascent regime ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Assad's fall from power has ended the Baath Party's and Assad dynasty's long rule over Syria. The Baath Party is secular, but ...

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

The Sykes-Picot Agreement, which divided the Middle East between the British and French, has led to an uneasy rumbling in the ...

MOSCOW—The Kremlin declined yesterday to confirm reports that toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad had fled to Moscow, ...

The fall of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad shattered the key link in Iran's "axis of resistance", but Tehran will look for ways to adapt to the new reality, analysts say.