After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the demilitarized buffer zone created in Syria after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

The move to put religion at the center of policing risks seeding new rifts in a diverse country awash with guns after 13 years of civil war and alienating foreign governments they have been trying ...

Syria's new authorities are using Islamic teachings to train a fledgling police force, a move officers say aims to instil a ...

The Syrian government has canceled the lease agreement that allowed Russia access to the port of Tartus. According to British ...

Russia has lost a naval base after Syria ended an investment contract with Moscow, asserting its authority over the Tartus ...

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Here is a look at Arab Spring, anti-government protests that began in Tunisia in December 2010 and spread throughout the Middle East and Africa in 2011. Algeria January 4, 2011 – Protests begin, ...

The year 2024 saw these pressure points against Bashar al-Assad converging, signalling rebels to march ahead. The Arab Spring saw authoritarian regimes toppled in four countries: Tunisia (January 2011 ...

Reliance on Russia’s military offerings has become increasingly prevalent in parts of Africa, amid an aggressive push by ...

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan made an unannounced visit Friday to Damascus to confer with ...

A new type of Syrian refugee is fleeing across the border into Lebanon: those who once supported dictator Bashar Al-Assad.

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