Opponents of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad seeking refuge in Idlib are now protesting against local Islamist hardliners Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. The group is accused of becoming increasingly dictatorial. People in the Idlib region of  northwestern Syria are taking to the streets again...

More than a quarter of Syrians live in extreme poverty, the  World Bank  has said, 13 years into a devastating civil war that has battered the economy and impoverished millions. The World Bank published two new reports on  Syria , which found that "27 percent of...

A Paris court has sentenced three members of Syria's Assad regime to life imprisonment for complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes in a landmark trial. It is the first time that France has held a trial on abuses committed during Syria's civil war since 2011. The accused –...

BEIRUT (AP) — Poverty in Lebanon tripled over the course of a decade during which the small Mediterranean country slid into a protracted financial crisis, the World Bank said Thursday. The percentage of people in Lebanon living below the poverty line rose from 12% in 2012 to 44% in 2022,...