Bashar Assad instead became a doctor in the 1980s and was studying in London to be an ophthalmologist in the early 1990s. But ...

There are Turkish-backed rebels and Sunni Muslim jihadists in the north, Kurds ruling over much of Syria’s east, and ...

The rebel groups and foreign powers contending to shape the country’s future.

The flag of the Syrian Arab Republic led by Bashar al-Assad of the Ba'ath Party is split into three horizontal bands — known ...

Russia potentially losing bases in Syria would significantly affect Russia's ability to operate in Africa, said the ISW think ...

The United Nations and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have documented 34 known uses of ...

But a funny thing happened on Trump's way back to the White House: The Biden and Trump national security teams have come to ...

As the brutality of the Assad regime falls away, Bel Trew finds families driven by desperation, grief and fury as they searched for their lost loved ones ...

Though there might not be a Christmas tree shortage in Canada based on the number of trees being grown, cost-of-living concerns are causing tree sellers to cut down fewer trees than usual. Christmas ...

Canada Post and the union representing postal workers are in a war of words as a countrywide strike enters its 27th day.

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, whose name means Organization for the Liberation of the Levant, was the main rebel group leading the ...

The Assad regime suddenly and dramatically fell Sunday after 13 years of brutal war. Here's a brief background.