The U.S. think counterterrorism can hold Syria together, and Donald Trump is counting on former Al Qaeda militant Ahmad ash-Sharaa to help do the job

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took the last ISIS stronghold on the 23rd of March, 2019, marking an end to the 5-year Caliphate. Many different armed groups were involved in its fall; among them was the Kurdish anti-jihadist militia People's Defense Unit (YPG).

BEIRUT — Syria is holding parliamentary elections on Sunday for the first time since the fall of the country's longtime autocratic leader, Bashar Assad, who was unseated in a rebel offensive in December. Under the 50-year rule of the Assad dynasty, Syria ...

President Barack Obama has said the American response to the Syrian regime’s apparent use of chemical weapons must involve the international community. “If the U.S. goes in and attacks another country without a U.N. mandate and without clear evidence ...

The U.N. and the U.S. have finally admitted the cease-fire plan in Syria has failed, and Syria is accusing the U.N. of supporting "terrorist" rebel attacks, which leaves us with the question: what's the next step in Syria? George Mitchell, a former US ...