Over the last few weeks, the growing plight of Syria’s civilian population has drawn belated international attention to the country’s failing health system. In late October, in the eastern part of the country, the World Health Organization confirmed an outbreak of polio—a highly...

Gulf countries, led by Saudi Arabia, are moving to strengthen their military support for Syrian rebels and develop policy options independent from the United States in the wake of what they see as a failure of U.S. leadership following President Obama’s decision not to launch airstrikes...

The Colonel held out through two years of conflict, but recently the economic conditions there have become untenable.   In 2006, Kentucky Fried Chicken opened Syria’s first American restaurant in Damascus. The franchise weathered more than two and a half years of war, but...

The UN food aid agency said Friday that it feared a rise in malnutrition among children trapped in besieged communities in Syria where fighting has halted supply convoys. "The World Food Programme is concerned about the fate of many Syrians trapped in conflict areas and still in need of...