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This is not an isolated case. The execution of Ukrainian POWs has become a brutal hallmark of Russia’s war strategy, ...

Ever since its revolution in 1979, Iran has cultivated a network of proxies and friends throughout the Middle East. For years ...

The violence in Alawite areas is one sign of Syria’s fragmentation. In the north, Kurdish groups have their own enclaves and ...

The spiritual leader of Syria's Druze minority launched a scathing tirade against the new authorities in Damascus on Thursday ...

Sharaa, seemed to waver between his jihadist past and his presidential present. After the first day of violence he made a ...

Exposing their cruelty may actually bolster their power for a while, by reminding their subjects of the dangers of ...

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa signed a constitutional declaration on Thursday that establishes a political ...

Violence has surged again in the predominantly Alawite coastal region of Syria. The newly formed General Security Forces (GSF ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...

Democracy and peace are not guaranteed when a dictator falls — sometimes, a country’s fate turns uglier and messier.

Syria’s interim president has signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years ...