Despite Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster last month in a lightning insurgency, the country’s dire economic conditions haven't changed.

Once Syria's most influential minority, Alawites struggle to move on from their association with a hated dictator.

Syria's new authorities are using Islamic teachings to train a fledgling police force, a move officers say aims to instil a sense of morality as ...

Israel says it has killed thousands of the armed group’s members and destroyed much of its infrastructure, but since the ...

Israeli troops have pulled back to the edges of Gaza, the first hostages have been released and many Palestinians have returned to what remains of their homes in the first few days of the Israel-Hamas ...

A collection of artifacts has been found in one of the largest and most complex Chu-era burials ever found. This cache is revealing new things about the birth of China.

Italian authorities arrested Osama Najim, the head of Libya’s judicial police, in the city of Turin on Monday, following a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his alleged ...

The problem with political analysis is that it often lacks historical perspective and is mostly limited to recent events.