The Arab Spring was a series of pro-democracy uprisings that enveloped several largely Muslim countries, including Tunisia, Morocco, Syria, Libya, Egypt and Bahrain. The events in these nations ...

The Syrian civil war, which has devastated the entire country of Syria and its neighbors, is a complex conflict that involves several nations, rebel groups and terrorist organizations. What started as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fall of Bashar Assad's dictatorship in December 2024 has ushered in a nerve-wracking time of hope and fear for Syrians ...

The 2011 Arab Spring holds crucial lessons for the Syrian factions who have toppled Bashar al-Assad after more than a decade of brutal civil war that was itself triggered by the uprisings, analysts ...

Behind the scenes of the Arab Spring, Shiite-led Iran and Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia have been jockeying for influence in the region--a fact on display in the Iranian state media's coverage of the ...

Members of the Free Syrian Army take part in an anti-regime protest in Qusayr, 15 kms (nine miles) from Homs in restive central Syria, on May 7, 2012. AFP PHOTO/STR ...

When the Arab revolts that were sweeping the region and toppling autocrats like dominoes reached Syria, Bashar al-Assad’s days at the helm looked numbered. Ten years on however, he has defied the odds ...

Robert Kubinec, assistant professor of political science at the University of South Carolina, writes for The Conversation about his research on Arab uprisings in the Middle East. The fall of Bashar ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Robert Kubinec, University of South Carolina (THE CONVERSATION) The fall of Bashar ...