During her early life Loubna Mrie was loyal to the Assad family who had ruled Syria for decades. Mrie comes from an Alawite family - a historically marinalised group from a coastal region in what is a ...

When the Syrian revolution began back in 2011, the country was not alone. Syrians joined a wave of uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa. The movement started in Tunisia, with the death of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifteen years have passed since Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old Tunisian street vendor whose cart was confiscated by the police, ...

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 ...

Flash Points: Is Arab League lifeline for Assad in Syria? In the latest edition of "Flash Points," CBS News national security correspondent Bob Orr and analyst Juan Zarate discuss the Arab League's ...

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 ...

The attention of the world is currently focused on the tragic developments unfolding in Syria involving the unprecedented ...

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is now juggling his own trial on corruption charges along with the war in Gaza and a new security challenge in neighboring Syria. Benito Aguas Atlahua was a member of the ...