The optimism about changes in Syria should be tempered by a look at what is in, and what's out, in the new regime's schoolbooks.

US envoy urges PKK/YPG to act quickly on integration to avoid issues with Türkiye, Syria 'It's not unthinkable that whoever the constituency is for YPG or SDF has distanced themselves from PKK.

Syria now stands at a crossroads. Will it ensure women’s meaningful participation and follow a path to peace? Or will things ...

The longtime enemies have opened contacts, reflecting a power shift across a Middle East in which they have newfound common ...

What a difference eight years makes. During President Donald Trump’s first term, then-Sen. Marco Rubio pushed the president to expand his human rights diplomatic agenda.

Last month's deadly church bombing outside Syria's capital is raising fears among the country's minority Christians. Some are ...

The U.S. no longer sees the quests for equality, global justice or human rights as foreign policy imperatives, or as ...

A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the ...

Four major international reports on women's rights, including recommendations on how to prevent domestic violence and ...

The ongoing humanitarian and political crises in Syria encapsulate decades of repression, violence, and civil unrest. After ...

As a close neighbor of Afghanistan, China remains committed to supporting an inclusive political process in the country, said ...

There are 2,000 Dagestani women without children in the Al-Hawl and Roj camps, which are under Kurdish control in Syria,” said L., a Dagestani woman recently rescued from Al-Hawl, a sprawling ...