Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

With Syria's corruption-ridden economy in shambles after the overthrow of Bashar Assad, the caretaker government’s priority ...

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 ...

Syria's new leaders are moving to overhaul the country. There were high levels of corruption under the Assad regime. Some state-owned companies will be sold. Syria's new Islamist leaders are ...

With pills to calm his heart and CCTV monitoring his stairs, one man set out to hold politicians, police and even regime ...

While no one can forecast with certainty what Syria’s new institutions will look like, research shows that Islamists are just as likely as secular parties to support democratic norms. 2. Ending ...

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

Officers say the move aims to instil a sense of morality as they race to fill a security vacuum after dismantling ousted president Bashar al-Assad's notoriously corrupt and brutal security forces.

The new leadership of the country said the rebel coalition leader, Ahmed al-Shara, would serve as president during a ...

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