The Alwaites, who primarily live in Syria's coastal regions, particularly in the provinces of Latakia and Tartus, are ...

Background: Norway imposed sanctions on Syria in 2011 in response to Assad’s crackdown on protesters that sparked the civil ...

A dry wind rushes through the meanders of destroyed streets, bringing up the acrid smell of smoke laden with gasoline. In the ...

No, but the latest updates to the Syria sanction lists did remove a Russian oligarch and affiliated businesses for presumably ...

One by one, old allies are slipping away from Russia’s side. The war in Ukraine, now dragging into its third year, is doing ...

Six months since the collapse of the Assad regime, the Russian military presence in Syria has remained entrenched in strategic locations such as the Hmeimim airbase and Tartous port on the coast, as ...

Assad used chlorine and sarin repeatedly during the Syrian civil war. Following a particularly horrible sarin attack in Ghouta in 2013, Assad agreed to eradicate his chemical weapons program, but ...

By bna Cairo Bureau US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 30 formally ending US sanctions on Syria, ...

Russia’s war in Ukraine and Iran’s conflict with Israel have backfired, weakening America's adversaries and strengthening deterrence, sending a signal to China and bolstering US global credibility.

A panel of experts investigating and documenting crimes committed by the old regime share their experiences of working in the ...

From Africa to Asia, countries are already fighting over rivers, dams, and access to freshwater. As the world faces growing ...

It’s judgment day in the Senate. Republicans are hoping to have a final vote soon on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, their ...