What is happening in Syria? When the civil war ended in Syria in 2024, the country entered into a period of transition and recovery. Nearly a million former refugees have returned to Syria, and 1.9 ...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa says he wants feminist solutions to his country's problems. "Polarization can lead to unsatisfying results for the entire [Syrian] people," he said at a meeting in ...

A member of Syria's security forces stands guard outside a former army base near the city of Quneitra in southern Syria, on the edge of the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on September 21, 2025. Syrian ...

In Syria, a battle of wills that has gone on for almost a year has now turned violent. The fight is between the Syrian-Kurdish militia known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, and the new ...

The country certainly still faces many challenges. But some things are now going right there — and those are worth our attention, too. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. By Raja Abdulrahim ...

Thousands of Chinese-born Uyghur fighters fled China to fight in the Syrian civil war. They say generations of political persecution in China motivated them to take up arms.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A group of soldiers of the Syrian army was documented chanting a jihadi declaration of war on Israel during a military parade in Damascus on Tuesday, prompting a minister for the Jewish state to issue ...