Sharaa, Syria’s president, spoke to The Economist on January 31st in Damascus. The conversation has been translated and ...

Ahmed al-Sharaa, leader of the organization that overthrew Syria’s Assad regime, has “assumed the presidency of the country ...

The Islamist former insurgents now in charge need to build popular support and demonstrate rule of law. And they’re finding ...

Economic shock therapy: plans include privatizations and slashing public sector jobs Reforms designed to avoid chaos of ...

Turkey’s influence in Syria is more complex than commonly portrayed. While it has played a role in shaping events, its ...

Syria’s interim government is undertaking a sweeping reform of the country’s shattered economy, including plans to lay off a ...

Syria’s former governing party, the Baath, is no more. The party had ruled the country for decades until it was overthrown, ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria's new Islamist leaders are undertaking a radical overhaul of the country's broken economy, ...

Under Assad and his father, Syria was organised as a militarised, state-led economy that favoured an inner circle of allies ...

After a coalition of rebels toppled the Assad regime, the interim government they have set up in Damascus has moved quickly ...

Hastily abandoned documents show how the fallen government’s vast intelligence apparatus struggled to comprehend and stop the ...

Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, has been named as Syria’s president for a transitional period.