Shara, guarantees individual freedoms but gives Mr. al-Shara abundant power and keeps Islamic law as its legal foundation.

Hamas says it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual-nationals who had died in captivity.

Residents described shootings outside their homes and bodies in the streets in Syria’s worst unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s ...

Some restaurants and coffee shops in Syria were closed during the day as observant Muslims began fasting during the holy ...

Sharaa, called for national unity Sunday, describing the outbreak of violence between government forces and supporters of ...

Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa was born in October 1982 in Saudi Arabia, where he spent the first seven years of his life. In a rare ...

More than 700 civilians of the Alawite religious minority have been killed, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human ...

The government of Syria says it has ended an operation in ... Earlier on Sunday, he spoke at a Damascus mosque, acknowledging the severity of the crisis and calling for national unity.

Hundreds of civilians were killed in coastal areas after deadly clashes broke out. Read more at straitstimes.com.