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 ...

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

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

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

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Ahmed al-Sharaa, leader of the organization that overthrew Syria’s Assad regime, has “assumed the presidency of the country ...

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

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa was declared president for a transitional phase on Wednesday, tightening his hold on ...

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

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

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