Prisons were central to the Assad family's brutality. They may also be key to future trials against the regime, writes Robin ...

When Bashar al-Assad fell, Syria split along the Euphrates River between Islamist-dominated government forces and Kurdish-led fighters. Syria's stability now hinges on competing visions for the ...

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen announced on Thursday that he would step down "in the near future" ...

Battered by years of bombing and shelling, Deir al-Zour remains a frontline, even as its people struggle to rebuild.

CLARKE is Director of Research at The Soufan Group and a Senior Research Fellow at The Soufan Center. Nine months after the ...

Syrian and Israeli officials have been holding talks about security arrangements along their shared border as part of U.S.-mediated efforts to reset decades of hostility.

Asaad al-Shibani is also in negotiations with Israel to try reach a security agreement along the two countries’ tense border.

The Iraqi counterterrorism service said on Friday that a senior Islamic State leader was killed in a security operation in Syria carried out in coordination with the U.S.-led international coalition.

Pedersen is leaving as Syria continues to grapple with political upheaval, humanitarian crises and ongoing conflict.

Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani made a historic visit to Capitol Hill on Thursday, the first Syrian government representative to hold official meetings with the United States in 25 ...

The official who steered the U.N.'s diplomacy in Syria for nearly seven turbulent years announced Thursday that he is ...