Syria’s Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa signed off on a constitutional declaration for a five-year-long transitional period ...

Russia maintains two key military bases in Syria, including an air base in Hmeimim and a naval base in Tartous.

"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.

"A confrontation, possibly even a small-scale military one, may occur between Israel and Turkey," one expert told Newsweek.

Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...

Interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa accuses Assad loyalists and foreign powers of fomenting unrest with aim of dragging country ...

Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of purifying the country, according to ...

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 162 civilians were "executed" in a coastal region linked to ousted ...