Freemasons will return to Syria after a five-decade ban according to several media outlets Read Full Article at RTcom ...

The article explores why Syria, despite its early independence, was unable to establish a democracy, instead evolving into a ...

When I visited Maaloula in southwest Syria in 2016, the Jabhat Al-Nusra (the predecessor of the Hayat Tahrir Ash Sham jihadis ...

While the fall of the Assad dynasty represents an epochal turning point for Syrians, the future remains in all senses ...

The fall of more than 60 years of Ba’ath Party rule in Syria — 50 of those years under the Assad family, father and son — is a watershed moment for the Middle East. Even so, many of Assad ...

In our analysis of Syria, we observe that the conflict initially surfaced within the Alawite community, then escalated within the Ba’ath Party, and ultimately extended to divisions within ...

Syria’s ruling Ba’ath party and the Assad family dynasty heavily curtailed all aspects of daily life, including freedom of the press and expression with the media a tool of those in power.

Syria, under the rule of the Assads, had a complicated relationship with the terms development and sovereignty. For instance, while the Ba’ath Party ruled with an iron fist, it ensured ...

Syria's Jewish population dwindles to nine ... In the 1960s and 1970s, the Ba’ath Party began taking control of the banks and carried out a systematic campaign of antisemitism.

In Syria, journalism was limited to writing only about the leader’s achievements. Criticism was forbidden, and one had to be a member of the Ba’ath Party to speak about accomplishments of both the ...