Syria’s former governing party, the Baath, is no more. The party had ruled the country for decades until it was overthrown, ...

Amid historical changes in the balance of power in the Middle East, at least one thing remains constant: the strategic ...

Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa has risen from rebel leader to interim president, after his Islamist group led a lightning offensive ...

A halt in foreign aid may undermine American organizations’ support for forces that guard the two largest camps holding Islamic State members and their families.

The rebel chief who led the overthrow of the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad has been declared the head of government for a transitional period.

Former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard could face tough questions in US Senate confirmation hearings over past controversies.

Officials in Syria's caretaker government were left with a state in ruins. Some fear they aren't moving fast enough to fix it ...

For the past ten years, the Cairo office of Russian state media outlets RIA Novosti and Sputnik has centralised their international news coverage in  Arabic. These outlets capitalise on criticism of ...

Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, has been named as Syria’s president for a transitional period.

The wide-ranging role would mean she oversees US intelligence agencies like the CIA, FBI and the National Security Agency ...