WSJ breaks down how it happened—and what comes next for Syria and the Middle East. Illustration: Madeline Marshall. In the end, after 13 years of catastrophic civil war, ...

Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Monday it would take between four and five years to hold presidential elections, the first time he has laid out a timeline for the vote since he was named ...

Trump will end Syria sanctions to 'give them a chance at greatness' The White House announced a $142 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia, and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman said he'd like to see ...

Reports of a wave of killings in Syria’s coastal region sparked an international outcry, including a rebuke from the U.S., and further inflamed sectarian tensions in what has become the most ...

One big obstacle is that Western sanctions on Syria have not yet been lifted. Designed to isolate Mr Assad, they now hobble the new government’s attempts to reconnect Syria to the global economy.

Clashes between government security forces and supporters of ousted former President Bashar al-Assad have killed at least 311 people in Syria since Thursday, according to a monitoring group that ...

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he plans to lift sanctions on Syria following last year’s fall of the Assad regime, saying the move will “give them a chance at greatness.”. The ...

Syria announces a new transitional government. Syrian’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa promised a “new phase” as he appointed the 22-member cabinet. March 29, 2025. 3 min. Summary.

A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to sectarian warfare in Syria, but there is still a path for the country’s new ...

Some 700 people attended a recent tech conference in Damascus, Syria. Most were Syrian and Syrian-American. Due to the war and sanctions, Syria's tech industry has been largely isolated for years.

Map of Syria showing areas controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels, Kurds and Syrian Democratic Forces, the Syrian government and the National Army. Source: Institute for the Study of War and ...

Syria’s civil war started in 2011 after an uprising against President Bashar Assad’s rule. Five foreign powers have a military presence in the country including the U.S., Russia and Iran.