By Neil Hauer for bnm IntelliNews in Damascus The end of the 54-year rule of Syria’s Assad regime came so quickly that many ...

When Syria's new leaders shut 60 Damascus bars, drinkers protested, and the government reversed itself. It's an example of the tussle between secular and Islamist values in the new Syria.

The State Department voiced cautious optimism over the new cabinet, which includes members of Syria’s Christian, Alawite, ...

The choice of cabinet officials was seen as a litmus test for whether the rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad would deliver on ...

The list of ministers appears to be a compromise between calls for a diverse cabinet to unite the divided country while ...

Syria’s new transitional government was sworn in Saturday nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power ...

The one thing holding Syria together now is Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has taken on the near-impossible job of teaching his people ...

Rana Al-Ahmad opens her fridge after breaking fast at sundown with her family during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

As they spend their first Ramadan in years in their homeland, many Syrians who’ve recently trickled back in from abroad have ...

The Eagles of Antioch is a group of volunteers who stand watch over Christian neighborhoods in Damascus, protecting shrines, ...

Eid al-Fitr in Syria was charged with newfound joy this year, as thousands freely celebrated the holiday for the first time ...

We were pleased to continue our engagement with the Syrian authorities and to discuss human rights issues in an open and ...