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A video clip circulating on social media in recent months shows Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Shara, astride a handsome ...

In Latakia, a Syrian coastal city that has been the site of killings targeting the Alawite minority, four Sunni and Shiite ...

MOHAMMAD AYATOLLAHI TABAAR is a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, Associate Professor of International Affairs at Texas A ...

Al-Assad’s victims included protesters, activists, journalists, students, loyalists who fell out of favor and members of ...

The U.S. spy chief, who built her political identity opposing military intervention, is falling in line after the bombing of ...

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Monday to lift the U.S. sanctions on Syria after the fall of the Assad regime. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

The hatred shown at the Glastonbury festival this past weekend is unprecedented. The notion that calls are made for the death ...

Welcome to our live blog bringing you the latest developments from West Asia. Stay updated on key shifts in regional ...

Welcome to our live blog, bringing you the latest developments from West Asia. Stay updated on key shifts in regional ...

Arrests come as Lebanon is under pressure to include Hezbollah’s disarmament in its official government agenda as soon as ...