As noted in an extensive analysis by The Economist, after 15 months of war in Gaza, Israel has weakened Hamas, dealt ...

Three months after the overthrow of President Bashar Assad, Syria is at a crossroads, the top U.N. envoy for the country says ...

The one thing holding Syria together now is Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has taken on the near-impossible job of teaching his people ...

Syria faced severe violence, with security forces accused of mass killings in Alawite-majority areas. Over 1,000 civilians ...

Germany's foreign minister reopened its embassy in Damascus on Thursday, 13 years after it was shut in the early days of Syria's civil war, saying that Europe needs "eyes and ears" on the ground as it ...

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Assad’s Syria collapsed in a brief moment, like a sandcastle broken by the tide, when the army of his opponents, starting ...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) swept to power in Syria surprisingly quickly following a civil war of well over a decade. Was this because the previous Assad government had lost all support? Were there ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

For Syrians observing Ramadan, this Muslim holy month is their first in their homeland since the end of the Assad family's ...