Assad's regime, FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr travelled to Syria to interview rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, better known by his nom ...

This article appears in the February 2025 print edition with the headline “The New Rasputins.” ...

Research indicates significant connections between military service and violent extremism. Though most go on to live peaceful ...

Operations on Bourbon Street resumed normally days after the truck attack. In the days since a U.S. Army veteran drove a truck into dozens of New Year’s Day revelers, normalcy has begun to return to a ...

HTS itself is designated a terrorist organization by the United States. And there are fears that unresolved tensions between Syria’s ethnic and religious groups could impede Shara’s efforts to unify ...

He wrote on social media: “Nothing is surprising about these changes to Syria’s school textbooks. They are in line with traditional Islamic education… “The problem is that they will shock ...

In Syria's capital, Damascus, there are hole-in-the-wall beauty parlors on nearly every street, places for women to chat while getting blowouts and manicures. And when NPR's Diaa Hadid visited a few, ...

AL-TANF GARRISON, Syria — When Salim Turki al-Anteri took his opposition forces into battle against regime troops in southern Syria this month, it was against his own former tank unit. Drawing on his ...

“My music is inspired by my life, my emotions, and the people around me,” she added, citing Syrian singer Assala Nasri as a significant influence. “I feel a connection to Assala’s ...

The question now is whether the new Syrian government will seek to try ... Crossing into Iraq (often with support from border tribes and traditional smuggling networks), T/FFs [terrorist and ...

Rebel forces have taken control of several Syrian cities since launching an offensive against the government more than a week ago The leader of the Islamist group leading an insurgency in Syria ...