With the disintegration of the Syrian state after 2011, the Kurds in northeast Syria became key players in shaping the country’s future. The recent agreement between Damascus and the Kurdish-led ...

International donors have pledged almost $6.5 billion in aid for Syria. They hope to encourage the new leaders of the ...

A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to ...

Britain said that it was pledging up to $208 million. Natasha Franceschi, U.S. deputy assistant secretary for the Levant and Syria, said the United States has provided more assistance to the ...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR)—a source often ... for Defense of Democracies focused on Iranian intervention in Arab affairs and the levant.

Luke was from Antioch. Of course, since Islam conquered the Levant in the 600s, Christians have been persecuted in what is now Syria and elsewhere across the Middle East---particularly by ...

Trump's plan to resettle Gazans reportedly gained steam after his administration approached Syria to settle Gazan citizens on its territory • However, Syria denies that they were contacted The ...

As Syria and international partners negotiate the country’s future, France has sought to be a convening power. While France has a history of influence in the Middle East, it will have to balance ...

2013: Al Baghdadi breaks with al Qaeda and goes to Syria, renaming his group The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. An ISIS fighter in Mosul, Iraq, in 2014. Pic: Reuters An ISIS fighter in ...

This small ceramic head of a pig was found at Tell Mozan, ancient Urkesh, in northeastern Syria. The figurine dates ... in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and ...