UmairCar Bomb in Syria Kills 15 Agricultural Workers
A car bomb killed 15 agricultural workers in northern Syria on Monday, the country’s civil defense force said, as ongoing violence threatens to undermine the new government’s push for stability.…
Russia, Seeking to Salvage Military Bases, Goes Hat in Hand to Syria
The time had come to bend the knee — or at least bend to reality. A delegation of Russian diplomats arrived last Tuesday in a caravan of white SUVs for…
Who Is Syria’s New Interim President?
Ahmed al-Shara, the leader of the rebel coalition that swept to power in Syria last month, has been declared the country’s interim president, a role that will see him navigate…
Russian Envoys Arrive in Syria for First Time Since al-Assad Fell
A top Russian delegation arrived in Damascus on Tuesday for the first time since the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s government last month, as Russia looks to negotiate the future of…
E.U. Prepares to Cautiously Pare Back Sanctions on Syria
European Union foreign ministers are preparing to lift some sanctions on Syria, the bloc’s top diplomat told reporters on Monday, a move intended to give Syria’s new government some economic…
How Riad Sattouf Uses His Cartoons to Draw a Window Into the Middle East
One early evening in December, the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled his country as rebel forces advanced on Damascus. In France, three days later, one of the country’s most-watched TV…
Mother of Missing U.S. Journalist Asks Syria’s New Leaders for Help
The mother of Austin Tice, an American journalist abducted in Syria, said on Monday that she had met with Syria’s new leader in Damascus and expressed hope that “a page…
