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Belarusian dissident Siarhei Tsihanouski says he was held in solitary confinement, in conditions similar to torture, during ...
Syria urgently needs investment to rebuild the country, the estimated cost of which ranges from $250 billion to $400 billion. The governor of Syria's central bank, Abdulkader Husrieh, told Al-Monitor ...
CAIRO (Reuters) -An armed group briefly held the governor of Syria's Suwayda province hostage at the town hall on Wednesday, demanding and securing the release of an imprisoned associate ...
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) underscores the critical importance of integrating women into Syria’s transitional justice process. Women have endured systemic violations – including ...
The Trump administration made a bold announcement this week, declaring it would lift sanctions on Syria, earning bipartisan praise in doing so. “I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions ...
We intend to make it a cornerstone of recovery. Abdulkader Husrieh is the governor of the Central Bank of Syria. Subscribers to The Economist can sign up to our Opinion newsletter ...
The Kurdish-led force that runs northeast Syria has agreed to integrate into a new national army, but some of its supporters remain wary. Skip to content Skip to site index.
Nearly four months after the ousting of 24-year President Bashar al-Assad, Syria has announced a new government, kickstarting a five-year transitional period that aims to restore stability and ...
Defense Department reportedly drafting plans for U.S. troop withdrawal from Syria 03:06. The U.S. warned of an increased possibility of attacks in Syria during the Eid el-Fitr holiday that marks ...
The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, U.S. Central ...
A tenuous peace holds in post-Assad Syria. Institute for the Study of War Mounting tension. The first indication of building tension was that other anti-Assad rebel groups were beginning to lose ...
With Israel's move into the Golan Heights demilitarized zone and southern Syria following the collapse of al-Assad's regime, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must heed the calls of Druze in Syria ...