Vendors display traditional pickles and sweets as residents shop for breakfast, known as Iftar, on the first day of Ramadan, ...

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

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 ...

The Canadian government on Wednesday announced plans to ease sanctions on Syria during what it called a period of transition.

Survivors have shared harrowing accounts of the violence, describing scenes of mass executions and widespread destruction.

I went to Halbouni Mosque, near the historic center of Damascus, for Tarawih prayers. The streets were pitch dark, as the city experiences frequent power cuts at night. When I arrived, I found the ...

Syria kept a central role for Islamic law in a constitutional declaration issued on Thursday which guarantees women’s rights and freedom of expression during a five-year transitional period ...