A colossal statue of Hafez al-Assad was once a powerful symbol of Syria’s ruling regime, looming over the Damascus-Aleppo ...

As Syria’s new Islamist rulers reshape the way schools teach the nation’s history, students struggle to navigate the traumas ...

Assad’s regime on December 8 has put Syria in the spotlight once again. Following over a decade of conflict, the killing of ...

From Syria to Libya to Georgia, Putin's grip on his global empire is loosening. Thus far only Turkey and Israel benefit. Will ...

What's it like to live under the rule of the extremist group known as the Islamic State, or ISIS? WSJ looks at the situation ...

The fall of longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad has created a power vacuum that threatens some of the United States' ...

The restored 4K version of Manthan, a monumental film inspired by Dr. Verghese Kurien’s White Revolution, has been carefully preserved by the Film Heritage Foundation (FHF). The restoration was ...

At the same time the United States doubled the number of troops in Syria. Now there are two thousand American soldiers scattered in several bases on the Iraq border with Syria helping the Kurds keep ...

Syria’s transition has been surprisingly smooth but it’s only been a few weeks since Assad fled the country and his administration and forces melted away. The insurgents who ousted Assad are rooted in ...

After Pope Francis prayed on Christmas Day for Syrian Christians facing uncertainty amid the country's regime change, the leader of the Catholic Church in neighboring Iraq said the toppling ... all ...

The move sparked debate about possible change in Iraq. Bashar al-Assad had a year earlier inherited the presidency of Syria and its Baath party from ... Council in Baghdad on July 13, 2003. (Getty ...

Islamic Jihad and the flow of foreign fighters from Syria into Iraq after the 2003 US invasion. These tensions sparked the first massive wave of sanctions on Syria. Congress passed the ...