Hamas says it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four ...

Shara, guarantees individual freedoms but gives Mr. al-Shara abundant power and keeps Islamic law as its legal foundation.

Syria's new temporary constitution concentrates power in interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's hands and fails to include ...

Syria’s transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa signed a temporary constitution Thursday and declared the start of “a new ...

The Kurdish-led group which governs northeast Syria on Friday rejected a constitutional declaration issued by the new ...

A recent explosion of deadly violence and reprisals has raised the pressure on domestic leaders and international allies to ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule while promising to protect the rights of all Syrians for five ...

United Nations-backed human rights experts allege Israel has caused "disproportionate violence against women and children" during the war against Hamas in Gaza, ...

Syria’s interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule while ...

After more than a week of uncertainty amid violent clashes and Israeli strikes, Syria's interim president has signed a ...

The five-year transitional document enshrines separation of powers, requires an Islamic president and guarantees women's ...