The conflict poses a challenge for the new interim president as he tries to unify Syria and extend his authority over the entire country.

For the Druze, these may be historical days leading to self-rule, self-defense, or perhaps even self-determination in some form or the other.

The regime’s collapse should also dispel at last the persistent myth that the Arab Spring was a mirage. The first wave of uprisings, which lasted from 2010 to 2012 and saw hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets to protest autocratic governance across the Arab world,

The United Arab Emirates has welcomed the convening of the ... reiterated the UAE's firm position and commitment to Syria's unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity, expressing solidarity ...

Lebanon, by the way, could actually mobilize and come into the Abraham Peace Accords, as could potentially Syria," said Witkoff, but is this possible?

Syria's new President Ahmed al-Sharaa received an invitation from Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to take part in an emergency Arab League summit in Egypt on March 4, the Syrian presidency said in a statement on Sunday.

Egyptian-Turkish poet Abdul Rahman Al-Qaradawi has been missing since January 8, 2025, after Lebanon extradited him to the United Arab Emirates

BEIRUT, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The Arab economy accounts for nearly 5 percent of the world's gross domestic product (GDP), with Qatar being the richest country in the region, according to a new report released on Monday by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.