Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.

Instead of merely reacting to developments, we now see an Israel that actively shapes events," Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak tells JNS.The post Syria’s al-Sharaa must normalize ties with Jerusalem or ...

Sharaa, seemed to waver between his jihadist past and his presidential present. After the first day of violence he made a ...

Democracy and peace are not guaranteed when a dictator falls — sometimes, a country’s fate turns uglier and messier.

Under Mr Assad Syria sank from middle-income status to abject poverty. Women saw branches off trees for heating. Children ...

HOMS, Syria — His face is everywhere in Syria. It's plastered on the country's new flags, on sweaters and on the side of buses. His voice, untrained and unfiltered, is ubiquitous, too: used in ...

(AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad) Kurdish residents hold flags showing Abdullah Ocalan as they attend a ... Kurdistan refers to the ...

Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader ...

Militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party have declared a ceasefire, in what may represent a significant political ...

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (AP) — A momentous ceasefire declaration on Saturday stirred a mix of emotions in southeast Turkey and ...

While Ocalan's call raises hopes for ending decades of conflict with Turkey, questions remain about the future of Kurdish ...

Ankara- Turkey’s jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to disarm and disband on Thursday, a move that could end its 40-year conflict with Ankara and have ...