The Alawite Muslim group was seen as privileged during the rule of former leader Bashar Assad but has suffered repeated violence since his fall.

Images of Bashar al-Assad and his family were emblematic of the dynasty’s grip on Syria. Though remnants linger after the regime’s ouster, the removal of the once ubiquitous relics has offered ...

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

They practiced horrific forms of repression, and silenced dissent. Among such rulers were Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi , Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and most recently, Bashar al-Assad. These rulers ...

While committed to that deal, Kurdish officials have objected to the way Syria's governing Islamists are shaping the transition from Bashar al-Assad's rule, saying they are failing to respect ...

While committed to that deal, Kurdish officials have objected to the way Syria's governing Islamists are shaping the transition from Bashar al-Assad's rule, saying they are failing to respect ...

Bashar Masri, a Palestinian American billionaire, resigned from the Harvard Kennedy School’s Dean’s Council earlier this week, days after he was accused in a lawsuit of covertly building ...