Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

The big question is what comes next in Syria and how the government of Shara’a is able to navigate the differing agendas in ...

For many years, the Syrian desert was an incredibly dangerous place. Experts believe the last remnants of Islamic State are still there. But are they really?

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

Manbij, retaken by the Syrian National Army last December from the U.S.-backed terrorist group YPG, has been hit by terror ...

Turkey's allied forces have captured an entire underground 'city' in Manbij, previously controlled by Kurdish paramilitaries.

The Qur’an contains 99 Arabic names (attributes or character traits) for the multifaceted essence of the one God, but not one of them connects the one God with one people, while one of the dozens of ...

Fighting between Syrian Kurds -who a decade ago clawed out an autonomous territory in the country's northeast- and Turkish-backed militias is posing a serious threat to the current stability.

I have dealt with USAID for nearly four decades now, and my overall impression has been akin to Longfellow’s description of ...

Security continues to deteriorate in northeast Syria as ongoing clashes threaten the country’s transition towards an era of ...