Freemasons will return to Syria after a five-decade ban according to several media outlets Read Full Article at RTcom

From this brief mandate, Syria inherited a parliamentary system modeled after France’s, but political parties were little more than masks for clans and tribes. Disillusioned, many intellectuals and officers sought salvation in nationalist dictatorship or a union with a Greater Arab Nation.

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 bombardment of the city. The chilling message stuck with Syrians for decades.

When I visited Maaloula in southwest Syria in 2016, the Jabhat Al-Nusra (the predecessor of the Hayat Tahrir Ash Sham jihadis, who have toppled Bashar al-Assad) had systematically destroyed

The article explores why Syria, despite its early independence, was unable to establish a democracy, instead evolving into a mukhabarat state

The leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa, congratulated US President Donald Trump on Monday on his inauguration. "We are confident that he is the leader to bring peace to the Middle East and restore stability to the region," he said in a statement.

DAMASCUS SYRIA - ldquoHeres a good first line for yourdquo says VOA photojournalist Yan Boechat as we drive up to a former ruling party offic

The liberation of Syria will benefit Türkiye and Syria alike, according to the country’s new foreign minister, Asaad al-Shaibani. “Türkiye

Murhaf Abu Qasra, the defense minister of Syria’s new administration, said on Wednesday that the administration expects “excellent” relations

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed has reaffirmed the country's unwavering stance on supporting Syria's independence and sovereignty over its entire territory, a..

Debra Tice, whose son Austin was abducted near Damascus in 2012, said the rebel group that toppled the Assad regime promised support in helping to find him.

Omer immigrated to Canada in 2017, but his connection to his homeland remains strong. Before arriving, he was a vocal critic of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria during the 2000s, opposed ISIS in the 2010s, and resisted Turkey’s military aggression.