DAMASCUS, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, in his first televised interview since assuming office, detailed the strategy behind the fall of the Assad regime, his ...

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

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 ...

Nearly two million people, most of them homeless, live in camps near the Turkish border, where the humanitarian situation ...

Mr Sharaa’s drive for integration is not unprecedented. Bosnia granted citizenship to hundreds of jihadists who fought for it ...

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

The international community should focus on empowering Syria’s local civil society groups and advocating for women’s rights ...

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

Ahmed al-Sharaa, the head of Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham who this week appointed himself president of a transitional government, has packed the new administration with loyalists and has ordered ...

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