No matter how tight a dictator’s iron grip on power may seem, the ruler lives under the nagging fear that, at any moment, it could all come to a crashing end. So it was for Syria’s brutal dictator ...

Jolani, the leader of the Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has been making headlines lately for his role in overthrowing Bashar al-Assad’s regime after 54 years of rule. But who is this ...

Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, added that Russia and Iran, Assad’s other main backer, “are in a weakened state right now ...