The recent surge of violence in Syria lays bare the challenges interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa faces in delivering on his promise to lead a more unified country.

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Sharaa, seemed to waver between his jihadist past and his presidential present. After the first day of violence he made a ...

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After a Haifa stabbing attack mislabeled as terrorism sent fear through the close-knit Druze community last week, Sunday's ...

Tehran has rejected US statements that warned Washington could resort to military option to curb Iran’s nuclear program. In ...

Earlier, Syrian security forces said they arrested remnants of the Assad regime on suspicion of planning attacks on security and government facilities, the province said in a statement.

Syria’s Alawites – some 10% of the population – were prominent in the Assad regime, and while many Alawites have surrendered their weapons since December, many others have not. The attacks ...

In his first public statement on social media since the Assad regime’s fall last December, Makhlouf sharply criticized officers of the Fourth Division, particularly Dalla, saying he is behind ...

Alawites – some 10% of the population – were prominent in the Assad regime, and while many Alawites have surrendered their weapons since December, many others have not. The latest surge in ...

Gayyas Delle has been identified as the planner behind fighting that escalated in Syria's Latakia province following attacks by former regime elements. Clashes escalated March 6 after Assad regime ...