Before joining the military and building an Alawite caste around himself, Hafez al-Assad was a fervent supporter of the ...

The early years of independence were marked by weak ... Baathist leaders struggled to unify Syria which, to this day, is a patchwork of ideologies, religions and ethnicities (see map 4).

Abdi dismissed the idea of Syrian Kurds seeking independence or an autonomous government akin to Iraq’s Kurdistan Region.

The Syrian General Command said that during its talks with the Russian delegation that visited Damascus on Tuesday, it ...

Exclusive-Syria's New Central Bank Chief Vows to Boost Bank Independence Post Assad By Timour Azhari DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria's new central bank governor, Maysaa Sabreen, said she wants to boost ...

DAMASCUS - Syria's new central bank governor, Maysaa Sabreen, said she wants to boost the institution's independence over monetary policy decisions, in what would be a sea change from the heavy ...

Syria’s new central bank governor, Maysaa Sabreen, said she wants to boost the institution’s independence over monetary policy decisions, in what would be a sea change from the heavy control ...