In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged Assad’s rule. Tens of thousands of people were killed by the government’s ...

European foreign ministers agreed on a “road map” to lift financial restrictions, but the change will happen in stages.

Russia’s deputy foreign minister and a special envoy arrived in Damascus. Theirs was the first such visit since President ...