The Islamist former insurgents now in charge need to build popular support and demonstrate rule of law. And they’re finding ...

Mr Sharaa’s drive for integration is not unprecedented. Bosnia granted citizenship to hundreds of jihadists who fought for it ...

Now, foreign countries are trying to steer Syria’s new de facto leaders toward an inclusive government free of sectarian ...

Economic shock therapy: plans include privatizations and slashing public sector jobs Reforms designed to avoid chaos of ...

Syria's new Islamist leaders are undertaking a radical overhaul of the country's broken economy, including plans to fire a ...

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Syria’s new interim leader, meeting on Tuesday with the president of Turkey, thanked him for backing the rebel forces that ...

European Union foreign ministers have agreed to begin lifting sanctions on Syria, but insist that the measures should be ...

Syria’s newly appointed interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first foreign trip since ...

Assad’s final ouster appeared abrupt, it had its roots in Syria’s 2011 antigovernment protests, and Syrians will now face ...

ALEPPO, Syria—Late one January night, two balaclava-clad security officers with Syria’s new government were speeding through the streets of Aleppo in pursuit of a man who had been spotted ...

There is now a major shift to a competitive free-market economy, Syria’s new economy minister said. Read more at straitstimes ...