With Islamist HTS consolidating its grip on power,there are fears that it might impose an illiberal constitution or the one ...

Three concentric circles of domestic, regional, and global actors compete for power and influence in Syria because of the country’s unique position and status. It is a rare complete and consequential ...

Greater Syria (Bilad al-Sham), encompassing present-day Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan, has a rich history of multi-ethnic and multi-religious coexistence. In a tradition attributed to the ...

Some opposition groups have referenced the term “Liberation of the Levant” (Bilad al-Sham), which historically encompasses a broad region, including parts of Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, and ...

Syria Civil War: The entire power balance and geopolitical equations in the Middle East turned upside down after rebel forces led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group captured Damascus and ...

In a series of posts on an X account attributed to her, Syria’s former first lady Asma al-Assad wished the Syrian people ...

declared president for a transitional phase after his militant group “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” (HTS) led the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in December, said it would be neither “wise nor morally ...

Mammoth concrete apartment buildings line the main motorway running west out of Damascus, relics of a Soviet-style economy ...

John Quincy Adams famously warned against the US going abroad in search of “monsters to destroy,” but while claiming to ...

Syria's new authorities also announced Wednesday the dissolution of armed factions, including Sharaa's own Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which is rooted in the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda. Since breaking ...