Farid, a 25 year-old Damascene journalist, was sitting with Bashar smoking argileh, Syria's version of the hookah, when his friend told him, "You should seriously consider leaving the country.

in northern Syria. After five years on the move, repeatedly uprooting his loved ones to escape the relentlessly shifting front lines, Mr. al-Satuf finally felt more settled in the displacement ...

The stunning fall of the al-Assad dynasty in Syria on Sunday created new and treacherous circumstances that will demand Trump’s attention — despite his wish to disengage the US from dangerous ...