This mandate ... French justice system has issued 14 arrest warrants for Syrian officials, according to an AFP tally. Since beginning in 2011 with the brutal crackdown of anti-Assad protests ...

But what historical events have shaped the current political and social landscape of the region known as the Levant ... War from 1975 to 1990. Syria faced a different but equally disruptive colonial ...

This mandate was issued as part of an investigation into the case of Salah Abou Nabout, a 59-year-old Franco-Syrian national and former French teacher, who was killed on June 7, 2017 following the ...

This mandate was issued as part of an investigation into the case of Salah Abou Nabout, a 59-year-old Franco-Syrian national and former French teacher, who was killed on June 7, 2017 following the ...

The international community has promised to help Syria make a peaceful transition to power, at a meeting in Paris to promote ...

The mandate was issued on Jan. 20 ... 2017 in a bombing raid in Syria. This is the second arrest warrant issued by French judges, for the former Syrian leader, who was overthrown in early December ...

Instead, the Allies gave Feisal Syria under a French mandate. When Feisal took his kingship seriously, the French kicked him out. Chastened, he was given the British mandate of Irak. Complained he ...

The terrorist group Da’esh, also known as ISIL, remains a serious global security threat despite years of sustained efforts to dismantle its operations, UN counter-terrorism officials warned during a ...

The terrorist group Da'esh, also known as ISIL, remains a serious global security threat despite years of sustained efforts ...

Paradoxically, al-Assad belonged to the generation of young Alawites who took advantage of the French mandate to build careers in the military. This path was the fastest way for Syria's poorest ...