Syria

The capital city is seeing some of the fiercest fighting of the past year

Thursday marks the anniversary of the uprising in Syria, as the government of Bashar al-Assad continues a tough crackdown on...

IAW activists hate Israel more than they hate oppression itself

Students boycott Israel, but are blasé about Syria. Why?

There’s a whole slew of grim reports out of Syria today: The BBC has breaking news that rebels have left the Baba Amr...

As a correspondent in Jerusalem, I would privately moan when I heard Marie was in town

Bashar al-Assad and other senior Syrian officials should be investigated for ordering crimes against humanity, according to a...

Marie Colvin, the veteran war correspondent for Britain’s Sunday Times, and French photographer Remi Ochlik have been killed in...

Pro-democracy protesters talk to ’Maclean’s’ about the toll of fighting the regime and their fears for the future

It’s often forgotten that Iran’s 2009 popular democratic uprising preceded and in some ways inspired the Arab Spring Revolutions...