For 54 years, Syria existed in the shadow of a silence so profound, it swallowed entire lives.

Images of Bashar al-Assad and his family were emblematic of the dynasty’s grip on Syria. Though remnants linger after the ...

The one thing holding Syria together now is Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has taken on the near-impossible job of teaching his people to trust one another again. It is an unlikely role for a former jihadist.

At the start of the new year, 115,000 Syrians had already returned home from Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. In December, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expected 1 million ...

Clockwise Top L-R: Feras Fayyad; Citizens in Syria take down statues of Hafez al-Assad the father of Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria on December 9, 2024, A torn portrait of Bashar al-Assad ...

The recent surge of violence in Syria lays bare the challenges interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa faces in delivering on his promise to lead a more unified country.

EXCLUSIVE: Through a popular uprising and a long and hideous civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime tottered at times, but held on, propped up by allies Russia and Iran.

The ousted Assad dictatorship kept lists of millions of wanted people. Now, Syrians are openly asking whether they “have a name” on any of those lists and are sharing the news proudly.

EXCLUSIVE: Anas Khalaf and Rana Kazkaz's Mare Nostrum and The Translator count among the rare fiction works made by Syrian ...