What will Syria’s new system of government look like? What will its guiding principles be? Will the current de facto leader, ...

DOUMA — Douma, in the East Ghouta suburbs of Damascus, came back to life when the Assad regime fell six weeks ago. Today, the city’s markets are bustling, construction workers are busy repairing ...

With the Assad regime gone, Douma is coming back to life. Markets are bustling in the East Ghouta city, as construction workers repair damaged buildings and displaced residents return to visit or ...

Syrians returning from Lebanon to opposition-held northwestern Syria find themselves in danger once more, as the area faces a military escalation by Russia and the Assad regime, alongside Syrian ...

Countryside roads in SDF-controlled northeastern Syria are a hunting ground for armed robbers targeting civilians and humanitarian workers. Repeated security incidents limit residents’ freedom of ...

ERBIL — On January 8, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) announced the killing of five civilians and injury of 15 others when a protest convoy heading for the Tishreen Dam ...

ERBIL — Omar Jamil (a pseudonym), 35, returned home with his wife, parents and five children on December 4 to his village in the Sherawa area of Syria’s northwestern Afrin countryside. He had been ...

IDLIB — Idlib province has become a tourist destination for Syrians coming from provinces previously controlled by the ousted Assad regime. Curious visitors, surprised by the economic, commercial and ...

AMMAN — “Should we return to Syria or stay in Jordan? This is our discussion every evening” since Assad fell, Umm Hussam, 35, told Syria Direct from Zaatari, Jordan’s largest camp for Syrian refugees.

PARIS — Notables and military commanders from the Yarmouk Basin, an area in the southwestern corner of Syria’s southern Daraa province, met on Tuesday in the town of al-Shajara to form a service ...