Syria

The Syrian leader’s crimes will forever be recalled alongside the world’s worst tyrannical butchers.

The United States has given up on trying to topple Bashar al-Assad—but continues to punish the Syrian people.

Arab states are welcoming the Syrian president back into the fold. That’s bad news for millions of Syrian refugees.

Jussi Tanner spent nearly two years bargaining with the Kurdish-led autonomous government.

Regional governments that once shunned Damascus are mending fences with a murderous regime—showing human rights abusers everywhere how to commit atrocities with impunity.

By reconciling with an estranged uncle, Syria’s dictator may have definitively reestablished his power.

An espionage thriller presents an alternative to former U.S. President Barack Obama’s failed policy toward the Assad regime.

The world is gradually accepting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad back into the fold.

The unspoken pact between Washington and anti-Islamic State jihadi groups is a short-sighted move that will reward extremists.

Turkish airstrikes in Syria have escalated over the last month as the world concentrates on a different crisis.

Among Arab countries, the race is on to repair ties with the Assad regime.

Continuing revolt shows the hollowness of Assadist peace claims.

In an effort to outflank the populist right, the ruling Social Democrats have adopted one of the harshest refugee policies in the world.

But the rival powers strike a compromise that prevents catastrophic shut-off of lifesaving aid to Syrians.

On Telegram, pet care, gardening, and corruption scandals have replaced religious fervor.

A regime that bombs hospitals and blocks convoys of baby formula does not deserve a leading role in global health.

And that makes it all the more challenging to get to grips with.

Cross-border access into Syria has become a stress test for Putin and Biden's nascent relationship.

Pentagon planners had been spotting Iran-backed drone attacks targeting U.S. troops for weeks before the strikes.