Syria faced severe violence, with security forces accused of mass killings in Alawite-majority areas. Over 1,000 civilians ...

In addition, Kurds have been celebrating in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq.A number of factors make this year different. In Syria, ...

The recent violence in Syria's coastal region represents a significant threat to the country's political transition. The post ...

Reflections on a recent visit to Baghdad. Much has changed and ordinary life has resumed in Iraq's capital, but deep ...

The aim is to head off a return to civil conflict that could complicate efforts to curb radical Islamist groups.

Major US Sanctions are a major barrier to reconstruction in Syria. With violence erupting on the country’s coast, US ...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Gen. Mazloum Abdi make an odd couple. Abdi is a Kurdish rebel leader whose secular army ...

After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...

The deal aims to stitch back together a country fractured by 14 years of war, paving the way for Kurdish-led forces which hold a quarter of Syria to merge with Damascus, along with regional Kurdish go ...

General Mazloum Abdi, head of the Kurdish-led Syrian ... Syria — the focus of multi-track talks which began after Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December and which Reuters reported on in January.