Central to this failure was the notion that there existed inside Syria a moderate, secular force able and willing to take down the regime of Bashar al-Assad, which led to the decision to flood the ...

Syria remains a secular republic. Ten percent of the population (about 1.8 million) is Christian, and Iraqi Christians reportedly feel little discrimination in the country. There is no rigid dress ...

A bloc of Syria’s secular-oriented political parties was formed during the Syrian opposition conference in the Lebanese capital Beirut, Syrian opposition figure Louay Hussein told reporters ...

Bearded” Celal, a little-known Turkish philosopher, quipped that Turkey “is a ship heading east. Those aboard think they are ...

“And these women’s vulnerability is transforming society.” In secular Turkey a tidal wave of unaccompanied Syrian women is reviving banned Islamic traditions such as polygamy. In Jordan ...

Few know the true story behind Syria's support for Kurdish militants fighting Turkey. Turkish academic Behlul Ozkan explains how and why Turkey's pro-military rulers backed an Islamist uprising in the ...

Though the devout pursue their faith despite all obstacles, most sense of celebration was stripped of the region’s three ...

A reflection on the state of conflict and political change in the Levant by Middle East Institute's Vice President for ...

Turkish officials say there are 3.6 million Syrian refugees residing in the country ... The president’s biggest rival, Ekrem ...

Lebanon's political system is deeply entrenched in sectarian divisions. The country is a confessional democracy, meaning that ...