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In Latakia, a Syrian coastal city that has been the site of killings targeting the Alawite minority, four Sunni and Shiite ...

For centuries, the hakawati, an Arabic word meaning "storyteller," played an important role in Syria. In cafes, these men would sit in raised chairs and narrate wild tales to the crowds that gathered ...

MOHAMMAD AYATOLLAHI TABAAR is a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, Associate Professor of International Affairs at Texas A ...

Al-Assad’s victims included protesters, activists, journalists, students, loyalists who fell out of favor and members of ...

The U.S. spy chief, who built her political identity opposing military intervention, is falling in line after the bombing of ...

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Monday to lift the U.S. sanctions on Syria after the fall of the Assad regime. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

Dan Brotman was detained at the Lebanese border, and spent six days in filthy cells, denied food, medical care and witnessed ...

All but two House Republicans voted this afternoon to pass the party’s sprawling bill to extend tax cuts and slash social ...

Welcome to our live blog bringing you the latest developments from West Asia. Stay updated on key shifts in regional ...