Reconciliation councils are emerging throughout the country to mediate in intracommunal disputes, many from the war years.

Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood survived decades of repression and exile. Now, facing regional pressure and internal divisions, can it find a place in Syria’s new political order

Fuel price hikes have sparked widespread protests across Syria, with anger reaching Idlib’s Maarat al-Numan, where residents say rising costs threaten livelihoods, reconstruction and the country’s agr...

Caught between discredited Ba’thist socialism and predatory neoliberalism, Syria needs a new economic vision that people can rally around.

As protests proliferate across Syria, an empowered parliament could provide an important off ramp for mounting grievances.

Intervening against Hezbollah would drag Syria into a bloody war while doing little to contain Israel.

Displaced Alawi farmers tell MEE that their homes and land have been occupied by Sunni neighbours and administered by a powerful state company called Iktifaa

Squatting in the ruins of former military barracks, families and activists are finding work, housing and a community of those scarred by war and sectarianism

As the PKK withdraws fighters from Turkey, could the group double down on its presence in Iraq and Syria?

Diminished by drought, the olive harvest is underway in Syria’s Kurdish-majority Afrin. Residents report fewer violations than in years past, but remain wary of the new authorities.

BEIRUT — Early Sunday mornings, the narrow, winding streets of Beirut’s Burj al-Barajneh camp are calm and quiet, save for an occasional moped. Some of the earliest risers—shopkeepers and day laborers...