Since al-Assad’s overthrow, Syria has seen several instances of sectarian violence. In March, violence broke out in coastal ...

Many welcome absence of political figures on new banknotes, while others say they don't do justice to country's rich history ...

Amid escalating tensions and evolving diplomatic overtures, the relationship between Israel and Syria has entered yet another complex phase. In wake of the fall of the Assad regime, tentative ...

Once a member of al Qaeda and the Islamic State and now leading Syria’s fragile transition since toppling the Bashar Assad regime, Ahmed al-Sharaa is ready to take to the global center stage at the ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 24, 2025. Photo credit: Liri Agami/Flash90 via JNS With Ahmed al-Sharaa, the new president of Syria, having met this ...

After a decade and a half of brutal conflict, the Syrian Civil War ended with Bashar al-Assad’s ouster at the hands of a rebel faction. What began in 2011 as peaceful protests during the Arab Spring ...

An increasingly dominant force in the Middle East, Israel has been seeking to shape developments in Syria by supporting allied Druze militiamen as part of an effort to weaken the country’s national ...

Israel's simultaneous push for peace and ongoing attacks in Syria are putting the country's brand-new leader to the test, threatening to undermine his nascent rule as the hardline Islamist fighters ...

Jon Alterman testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East & North Africa regarding the new Syrian government and strategies the U.S. can use to advance U.S. interests in the ...

Syria is a patchwork of identities, par for the course in a region where novel nationalities vie with tribe and religion for the citizenry’s loyalty. For most of the country’s history, the Assad ...

On Sept. 21, 2025, a senior U.S official boasted that an Israeli-Syrian security agreement to resolve months of conflict was “99% complete” and would be announced within two weeks. Those two weeks ...