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The US has been involved in Syria in several important ways, including sanctioning Bashar al-Assad's government for more than a decade.

Lebanon - home to thousands of Syrian refugees - has long suffered at the hands of the Assad family's 54-year rule.

The Palestinian militant group has engaged in talks with rival Fatah over a unity committee to govern Gaza. It reflects Hamas' diminished prospects following more than a year of conflict.

The Syrian revolution is profoundly significant to those who suffered suffocating repression, surveillance and everyday indignities under a brutal dictator.

Traditional ideals of gender roles hark back to a time of extreme American nationalist sentiment in the face of a significant international threat.

Protesters toppled and damaged a statue of Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia, in 2020. It is now displayed at a museum just as they left it: prone and paint-splattered, with a toilet-paper noose.

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, with origins in the terrorist group Nusra Front, spearheaded the rebel advance that ousted longtime Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Postelection analysis of 2024 voters' behavior reveals several ways self-described political independents differ from those who say they are Republicans or Democrats.

Fluctuating rates of illegal migration to the US over the past few decades show that the government's approach of trying to stop migrants with more security has not worked.

Colorado voters considered 14 ballot measures in the November 2024 election, the most of any state.