In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

Is the political program inclusive enough to put Syria's feet back on the ground? One day after the announcement of Syria's new interim president, the former leader of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al ...

Here’s a look at that history, with maps as a guide ... spanning not only today’s Syria but also the modern-day states of Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and Israel. The Ottomans dominated ...

This depiction includes significant portions of modern-day Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, sparking widespread condemnation from Arab nations who view it as an affront to their sovereignty. The map ...