Sixty-one years of Baath Party rule in Syria collapsed on Sunday when the capital Damascus fell out of the hands of regime control. The Arab Socialist Baath Party had come to power in Syria in 1963, in a coup. In 1970, Hafez al-Assad – the father of Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s newly deposed...

Syrian Christians in Aleppo have voiced their happiness following the return of stability, peace, and a sense of unity to the city, now under the control of opposition forces.   Residents are preparing to celebrate Christmas after years of conflict and fear. During a visit to...

By Fouad Abdel Aziz Since the opposition factions began last week to advance on Aleppo province and later take control of it, the stance of many Alawite figures opposed to the Assad regime was striking, as they began to declare their fear of this attack, if not to say their...

A televised speech by Riyad_Hijab, the former Syrian Prime Minister, presents a policy initiative whose backbone is UN Resolution 2254 (2015), which outlines the roadmap for Syria's political transition. The statement by the leading politician, who defected Damascus regime in August 2012,...