The implications for Syria are grave. The violence shatters the dream that the country might avoid retributive violence and ...

Under Mr Assad Syria sank from middle-income status to abject poverty. Women saw branches off trees for heating. Children ...

Rebuilding Syria will take years and billions of dollars. The first step is stabilizing the economy and improving the living standards of Syria's poorest. The post The First Test for Syria's ...

Abdulaziz Ketaz/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Supported by ... then, yes, Syria is going in this direction,” he told The Economist in an interview published this month.