Turkey's and Russia's positions in Syria have flipped. Their coordination in the country is set to stay the same. The post ...

Challenges include uniting a patchwork of rebel groups, gaining control over multiple regions and rebuilding relations with ...

During the Armenian Genocide in the early 20th century, the Yazidi community played a crucial but often overlooked role in ...

After a 14-year civil war, half the population displaced from their homes, and at least 300,000 dead, Syria was ready for ...

"A confrontation, possibly even a small-scale military one, may occur between Israel and Turkey," one expert told Newsweek.

You can blame the European colonial powers for the last major redrawing of the borders in the region in 1918-20, after the ...

In Syria, the Druze take pride in their fierce independence. They were heavily involved in revolts against Ottoman and French colonial rule to establish the modern Syrian state. During Syria’s civil ...

The complex history of the Kurdish people, from nomadic tribes to modern-day struggles for autonomy and recognition.

Yet, Alawites are not a particularly prosperous group. France, which got Syria in the carve-up of the Ottoman empire after World War I, deliberately recruited Alawites for its new colonial army ...