Before joining the military and building an Alawite caste around himself, Hafez al-Assad was a fervent supporter of the ...

Assad's fall enabled the Zawaya Art Gallery to emerge from semi-secrecy. Filmmaker Oussama Mohammed returned from exile for a ...

Syrians are once again picnicking amid the ruins of ancient Palmyra, once desecrated by extremists but still awe inspiring, ...

women, men, children, people young and old, were lined up against the wall and shot ... The retired public servant recalled ...

A few days after the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled into exile, in December, an elderly woman sat on the sidewalk ...

Ali*, a young man in his early twenties ... His salary was only $25, but he had no choice.” Bashar al-Assad consistently portrayed himself as a protector of religious minorities, a rhetoric ...

Tulsi Gabbard, a former U.S. Representative with little intelligence experience, should be confirmed as the top U.S. spy by ...

Senators quizzed Trump's pick for Director of National Intelligence on her past support for leaker Edward Snowden and for ...

Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump ’s nominee for director of national intelligence, was repeatedly asked to explain why she sought ...