Economy has been battered by corruption and 13 years of civil war. Coupled with international sanctions and mismanagement, ...

Fighting between Syrian Kurds -who a decade ago clawed out an autonomous territory in the country's northeast- and Turkish-backed militias is posing a serious threat to the current stability.

Anastasia Moran is the former associate director for advocacy at the Rescue Committee, where she led the group’s advocacy with the U.S. government and the World Bank. She previously served as the U.S.

Newly released satellite imagery shows Israel Defense Force construction taking place within the demilitarised buffer zone that separates it from Syria. The image, obtained exclusively by BBC Verify, ...

After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the demilitarized buffer zone created in Syria after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

In the mountains east of Syria’s Mediterranean coast, armed patrols root out Assad loyalists, masked gunmen monitor checkpoints and residents fret every strange face could be an informer. “See those ...

Syria's interim rulers are trying to form a united national army after the fall of Bashar Assad late last year.

A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian ...

GP: The effort to form a new, unified Syrian national army is crucial for the country’s future stability, and while integrating armed factions into the military could be a significant step towards ...

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Although Erdogan might deplore the effect on Turkey’s domestic political scene, he may yet see an autonomous Kurdish region ...