Known as the Damascus Spring, the period was initiated by Assad's inaugural address, in which he announced, "There is no doubt that transparency is an important thing." The new freedoms were crushed ...

Islamist-led rebels overran Damascus in a lightning assault on Sunday, driving President Bashar al-Assad out of the country and bringing the Assad family's 50-year grip on Syria to a dramatic end.

DAMASCUS, Syria — A brutal beating delivered last week to Anwar al Bounni, one of the few lawyers who dares to represent political prisoners before Syria’s security court, indicates that after a brief ...

While Washington remains preoccupied with Tehran’s nuclear quest, Damascus has been quietly raising the ante as Syrian officials talk about examining “other options” to regain the Golan Heights. At ...