Inclusivity and moderation are indeed immediate priorities for Syria, but a big national vote is not. Democracy does not itself guarantee peace in a country so recently riven by autocratic rule

Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad were allegedly communicating before rebels took over the Syrian government in December.

After Syria's new authorities arrested an official who issued death sentences to prisoners under ousted president Bashar al-Assad, photos were shared in social media posts that falsely claimed they showed a prison guard who dressed in women's clothing to try to evade capture and escape into neighbouring Lebanon.

Iraq’s main border crossing with Syria is expected to be reopened next week for travellers and goods, Iraqi officials told The National on Monday. It is a sign of a warming of ties between Baghdad and Damascus,

Mouaz Moustafa says Gabbard’s response to Assad’s atrocities is a worrisome sign of how she’d serve as director of national intelligence.

Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Assad's fall spurs calls to revive Iraq-Syria oil pipeline The overthrow of the former Syrian president,

While the world waits to see how Syria's new leadership will govern the war-torn country, Canadian International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says there's "absolutely no question" they are a step up from the Bashar al-Assad regime.

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday urged all countries to "take their hands off" Syria and said Turkey had the capacity and ability to crush all terrorist organisations in the country, including Kurdish militia and Islamic State.

The new interim Syrian government says it will hunt down and punish senior security officials and others, but concern is growing about attacks on former low-level members of the Assad regime’s forces.

The rebel alliance that took power has vowed to prosecute senior figures from the ousted government, but accountability will be hard to achieve in a vulnerable, divided and battered country.

Foreign ministers from Arab and Western countries held a meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday to discuss the situation in Syria following last month’s fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime.

Assad’s regime and prevent its collapse, coupled with recent significant blows to Hizballah and Israeli strikes