Jon Lee Anderson reports from Damascus. Plus: the insidiousness of the entrepreneurial economy; fear and hope on the subway; ...

Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq, collectively part of the Hashd al Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units), face increasing calls to ...

Defence minister says forces will remain in positions seized after collapse of Assad regime ‘for an unlimited time’ ...

Moscow is anxious to maintain its strategically important military assets in the country, which hosts its only bases outside ...

Israeli troops who seized strategic ground in southern Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad will remain on the summit of ...

The images appear to show several Russian vehicles and equipment have been moved in what would be a big blow to Russia's ...

For the first time since the fall of Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, a high-ranking Russian delegation has traveled to Damascus ...

Russia has sent a delegation to Damascus following the ousting of its ally, President Bashar al-Assad. The delegation, aimed ...

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov is set to meet Syria's new rulers this week in Damascus, two Syrian sources ...

They have lived for years in Zaatari, the world's biggest refugee camp for Syrians, but many are unsure they want to return ...

A devastating report from the UN Syria Commission of Inquiry has shed light on systematic arbitrary detention, torture, and ...

Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus bookstores, no ...