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, ...

At least 144 people, including 27 children, have been killed by landmines and unexploded remnants of war since Bashar ...

No country has as much to gain from a stable Syria as Turkey, and few have as much to lose if it implodes. Turkey is home to ...

Officers say the move aims to instil a sense of morality as they race to fill a security vacuum after dismantling ousted ...

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

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