Bashar al-Assad's rise to power after three decades of his father's iron-fisted rule raised hope of democratic opening. But 20 years later, Syria is isolated and war-ravaged. Crumbling under a stinging economic downturn, Western sanctions and nine years of war, Syria today is a far cry from...

Peaceful protests against the Syrian government continued for a second day in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on Monday due to deteriorating economic and security conditions in the country. The demonstrators gathered in front of the governorate building, despite security authorities...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The “36 Hours in Khan Sheikhoun” novel by Mohamed Abdul-Sattar Tako has drawn a small society from the revolution’s vast world, the intersections of love, madness, treason and hope under the shadow of war. The first novel of Tako, 37, tells the story of a...

A militant group active in northwest Syria launched an offensive Monday, capturing two villages and killing 19 regime forces, a war monitor said. "Jihadist factions led by Hurras al-Deen launched an assault on two villages in Sahl al-Ghab," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said....