Madhan, a Syrian military police defector, risked his life 11 years ago to provide the first official evidence of torture on ...

ELLIOTT ABRAMS is Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served in senior positions ...

Norway still champions the UN, international law—and dialogue with adversaries. Communicating with all actors is in Norway’s ...

Syria’s new leader Ahmad Al Shara is planning changes to the rebel-installed government for a more streamlined transition ...

Over 2,400 Tunisian nationals are believed to have joined extremist groups in Syria, and their potential return is a growing ...

The U.S. Agency for International Development is facing a reckoning under the second Trump administration following years of allegations of mismanagement of funds.

On a visit to Syria and its neighbours, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi meets families heading home and says more support is vital to ensure returns are a success. More than 235,000 ...

DAMASCUS: Syria's interim Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani told the World Economic Forum in Davos that his country offered "tremendous investment opportunities" despite the devastation of over ...

With its wide boulevards and tree-lined neighborhoods, Homs bustled with business, an oil refinery, and agricultural production. Sunni and Alawite Muslims, Orthodox and Catholic Christians—diverse ...

Despite concerns around the destruction of documents and other indications of serious crimes committed in Syria under Bashar ...

Arab leaders have warmly welcomed Ahmed al-Sharaa as Syria's interim president, with close allies of his deposed predecessor ...

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 ...