Assad is clearly looking to exploit sectarian fault lines in his favor. Months of bloodshed have heightened sectarian tensions and ripped apart communities in ways that are reminiscent of Iraq, where violence in 2006-2007 effectively turned into real attempts at sectarian...

What is the status of the situation in Syria? Syria's civil war continued unabated in early 2013 amid an international deadlock on how to mediate the conflict that has killed more than seventy thousand people and displaced millions more. Global concerns have mounted over allegations that...

Before the bloodshed of the civil war in Syria, the country’s economy was diverse. The most important sectors included agriculture (22 percent of the economy), industry and excavation (25 percent), retail (23 percent), and tourism (12 percent), according to 2009 figures quoted by the Syrian...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday that the country’s vaccination campaign against the coronavirus pandemic is likely to roll out in February with imported vaccines. Speaking at a meeting in the capital Tehran, Rouhani said it is “necessary” to use foreign-manufactured...