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Nouri al-Maliki's comeback: Powerbroker set to return as Iraq PMNouri al-Maliki: A central figure in Iraq's politics and its only two-term premier since the US invasion of 2003, the 75-year-old Shiite Ar...- How Syria's first elections since autocrat Assad's ouster is expected to unfoldSyria will hold parliamentary elections this Sunday. This marks the first vote since Bashar Assad's removal. Most seats will be filled by e...
- Syria to have new government on March 1: foreign ministerSyria will have a new government on March 1, according to Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani. An interim government led by Mohammad al-Bash...
- Syria's new govt promises 'free press' in countrySyria's ruling Baath party and the Assad family dynasty heavily curtailed all aspects of daily life, including freedom of the press and exp...
- Syria's long-ruling Baath party faces collapseFollowing the overthrow of President Bashar Assad, Syria's Baath party has frozen its activities, signaling the end of its six-decade rule....
- Syria's Baath party oversaw half a century of repressionSyria's Baath party, under the Assad dynasty, ruled with an iron fist for over five decades. Hafez al-Assad seized power in a 1970 coup, es...
- Syria War: Bashar al-Assad's fall stuns the world: What lies ahead for Syria’s fragile future?Bashar Al Assad Fall: The abrupt fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime ends five decades of Baath Party rule in Syria, following a dec...
- Who is Syria's Jolani, man behind Assad’s fall, known for his moderate approach but was once an extremist because of 9/11 attackersAbu Mohammad al-Jolani Syria: HTS leader, al-Jolani, spearheaded a swift offensive, capturing Aleppo from Syrian government forces. He aims...
- Syria's Jolani: From jihadist to pragmatistAbu Mohammed al-Jolani, leader of the Islamist alliance Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), spearheaded a rebel offensive that ousted Syrian Presid...
- Syrian civil war: President Bashar al-Assad flees as rebels enter Damascus unopposedSyrian President Bashar al-Assad has reportedly fled to an undisclosed location as rebel forces claim to have entered Damascus and taken co...
- Bashar al-Assad: The Syrian president who led a bloody crackdownSyrian President Bashar al-Assad, once seemingly secure in power after quashing a pro-democracy revolt, now faces a renewed threat. An Isla...
- Hezbollah media chief killed in Israeli strike on BeirutHezbollah's media relations chief, Mohammed Afif, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Syrian Ba'ath Party headquarters in Beirut. Afi...
- Israeli strike on Beirut kills Hezbollah media head, security sources sayAn Israeli airstrike targeted a building in Beirut, Lebanon, resulting in the death of Hezbollah's media relations chief, Mohammad Afif, ac...
- Syrian literary icon & anti-establishment advocate Khaled Khalifa passes away at 59Khalifa, who hailed from Maryamin in northwestern Aleppo province, was celebrated for his novels, television screenplays and newspaper colu...
- Explained: Who are Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's foes?Assad, with the help of Russia and Iran-backed forces, has all but crushed a mainly Sunni Muslim armed opposition that evolved from peacefu...
- Syria: Assad dynasty's half century in powerHafez al-Assad, Syria's defence minister and the father of Bashar al-Assad, takes power in a military coup on November 16, 1970 that ousts ...
- UN chief Ban Ki-moon asks Israel, Syria to de-escalate tensionsThe Secretary-General calls on all involved to exercise maximum restraint to prevent any further escalation in an already tense regional en...
- ISIS is reportedly using information leaked by Edward Snowden to evade intelligence authoritiesThe New York Times reported this week that ISIS has "studied revelations from Edward J. Snowden, about how the US gathers information on mi...
- Judge who ordered Saddam Hussain's death executed by ISISIslamic State of Iraq and Syria fighters have reportedly captured and executed the judge who sentenced Saddam Hussein to death, a Facebook ...
- Syrian President names Adel Safar to form new governmentSyrian President Bashar al-Assad named Adel Safar, an ex-agriculture minister to form a new government after protests left dozens dead.
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