Syria’s new leadership faces an economy devastated by war and sanctions, with inflation and a decimated currency.

The December collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria was stunning. Not only did it mark the end of the Assad family’s ...

Syria’s GDP shrank by 54% between 2010 and 2021, according to official stats. The war's impact has been larger according to nighttime light Syria's economic crunch worsened in 2019 when ...

Syria's economy has been marred by more than a decade of civil war and broad sanctions that have severed it from the global financial system. Below is a round-up of the current state of the economy ...

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

Where, when and how did civilians organize during the Syrian civil war that started in the aftermath of the Arab Spring in 2011 and lasted until the toppling of President Bashar Assad in late 2024?

After the Taliban seized Kabul, Afghanistan staggered under the weight of sanctions and other kinds of economic and diplomatic isolation. Other governments failed to act with sufficient speed and ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A high-ranking member of the Islamic State militant group in Syria has been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity in Germany, partly for alleged involvement in the ...

DARAYYA, Syria — The children of Darayya, scattered across Syria by war, grew up with secrets: why only their mothers ever came to the school gates; that their fathers had been killed ...

It unfolds an 18 month journey through war and revolution, in Rojava Kurdistan NE Syria, during the advance and victory of the Syrian Democratic ... Raqqa and demise of the Islamic Caliphate), but ...