Shara, guarantees individual freedoms but gives Mr. al-Shara abundant power and keeps Islamic law as its legal foundation.

An Israeli airstrike targeted a building in an upscale neighborhood, destroying an apartment that neighbors said had been ...

Syria kept a central role for Islamic law in a constitutional declaration issued on Thursday which guarantees women's rights and freedom of expression during a five-year transitional period, according ...

Canada will ease financial sanctions on Syria and appoint an ambassador, signaling support for Damascus' interim government ...

The Canadian government on Wednesday announced plans to ease sanctions on Syria during what it called a period of transition.

Kyle Orton reflects on his recent visit to a Syria still adjusting to life after the fall of Assad. There was something ...

As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...

I went to Halbouni Mosque, near the historic center of Damascus, for Tarawih prayers. The streets were pitch dark, as the city experiences frequent power cuts at night. When I arrived, I found the ...

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Survivors have shared harrowing accounts of the violence, describing scenes of mass executions and widespread destruction.

Al Joulani, the rebel leader who took over Syria, has had a sulphurous career, to say the least. Today, he tries to appear ...