The stunning fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad in Syria thrusts several rebel groups ... the country’s history as a melting pot. Distinct ethnic and religious groups have called for self ...

Here’s a look at that history, with maps as a guide ... it is trying to sell a new tolerant image that respects Syria’s cultural, ethnic or religious groups. Although Arab Sunnis are in ...

Key global trends fed into Syria’s suffering: ethnic and religious hostilities, migration, terrorism, militant Islam, and the return of great power politics, as meddling and interventions by ...