Drawing on his vast experience, he helped guide the younger Assad through the complexities of governance and international relations. Dictators and authoritarian regimes frequently erect numerous ...

A study shows that only about 30% of those displaced by conflicts return home, even 10 years after the conflict ends.

“Any moment they can come for you,” he said. Assad’s fall sparked joy for many Syrians, but it also triggered wariness from his religious sect, the Alawites, a Shiite offshoot that makes up ...

Syria’s former Baath regime carried out one of the country’s deadliest atrocities — the 1982 Hama Massacre — killing tens of ...

Many countries have their worst showing in more than a decade in an index that serves as a barometer of public sector ...

In the month after Assad’s fall, about 125,000 Syrians headed home, primarily from Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. But for the majority of those yet to return, important questions and considerations ...