The regime’s collapse should also dispel at last the persistent myth that the Arab Spring was a mirage. The first wave of ...
The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...
For half a century, Lebanon lived under the long rule of the two Assads in Syria. Damascus held Lebanon’s fate in its hands, ...
Praising Türkiye’s regional role, Lebanon’s Future Movement secretary-general says: ‘Türkiye has never pursued a divisive ...
The ousting of Bashar Assad in December after 54 years of family rule in Syria marked the fall of a government long ...
Syrian forces uncover defunct drug factory in former Hezbollah stronghold near Lebanese border, cracking down on smugglers.
Battered by conflict, in November, it signed a cease-fire agreement with Israel and pulled its forces from Lebanon’s south—Hezbollah’s traditional domain. Not long after, Bashar al-Assad’s ...
Amid the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and talks with Israel, Hafez al-Assad's top priority was always to have one of his sons succeed him, even if this meant sacrificing ...
As Alma Salem crossed the border from Lebanon into Syria she asked the driver to pull over. She fled the country 13 years ago when Bashar al-Assad's authoritarian government opposed pro ...
President Bashar al-Assad, who wielded fear and force over ... pushed by multiple factors, including wars in Lebanon and Syria that have seriously weakened Hamas’s allies and the election ...