A year ago, the war that President Bashar al-Assad seemed to have won was turned upside down. A rebel force had broken out of Idlib, a Syrian province on the border with Turkey, and was storming ...

The New York Times published a fascinating long-form article by C.J. Chivers on Friday that told the story of an American freelance photographer held prisoner for seven months by jihadists fighting in ...

The influx of foreign fighters into Syria began with the formation of the Free Syrian Army in the early days of the uprising. Türkiye’s border soon became a dual gateway, a route of escape for Syrians ...

But for all the new Syria's problems, it feels much lighter without the crushing, cruel weight of the Assads. Syria is still in ruins. In cities and villages, many people are living in skeletal ...