The optimism about changes in Syria should be tempered by a look at what is in, and what's out, in the new regime's schoolbooks.

Human Rights First today released an extensive new report detailing both positive developments and serious human rights concerns in Syria following the fall of the Assad government in December 2024.

Human Rights First (HRF) travelled to northeastern Syria to meet with human rights defenders as the country goes through a massive transition following the December 2024 overthrow of the Assad ...

Ghayath Al-Farah, Syria's Deputy Tourism Minister, said in an interview with Zaman al‑Wasl TV, translated from Arabic: "Burkinis or Sharia-compliant clothes are accepted in public swimming places and ...

Syria's Islamist-led government has said women should wear burkinis or other swimwear that covers the body on public beaches, though an official denied there was any ban on Western beachwear and ...

Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes on amendment to the Trump-backed Republican domestic policy bill.

The world is facing one of the fastest-growing human rights crises: religious persecution, increasingly escalating into ethno-religious cleansing and genocide.

BERLIN - A Kurdish member of Germany’s federal parliament (Bundestag) said that Kurds must be recognized by their ethnicity ...

A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the ...

Thirty-three women and girls from Syria's Alawite sect have been abducted or gone missing this year in the turmoil following ...

Syrian rights and civil society groups, as well as Human Rights Watch, have reported that SNA factions are still detaining, extorting and torturing Kurdish civilians in northern Syria with impunity.

Syria's Tourism Ministry issued a decree this week saying that women are required to wear burkinis or other swimwear that covers the body at public beaches and swimming pools, prompting concerns about ...