Shock and grief have given way to finger-pointing over whether additional security could have stopped — or mitigated — the ...

A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian ...

Slang tries to make language more efficient. Tickets become “tix.” Pictures become “pics.” Recently we took a “vacay.” That’s vacation for you less cool people. We met our two daughters and attached ...

The article explores why Syria, despite its early independence, was unable to establish a democracy, instead evolving into a ...

Turkish Airlines will resume its flights to Damascus, Syria, next week after a halt of more than a decade, officials said ...

WASHINGTON DC - It is early to evaluate the work of the new government in Damascus, led by the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged Assad’s rule. Tens of thousands of people were killed by the government’s ...

Anticipation is growing as Israel and Hamas appear to be at the closest point yet to sealing a deal to end 15 months of war.

Brett Holmgren got woken up early on New Year’s Day by alerts that a driver had plowed into a crowd of revelers in New ...

Anticipation is growing as Israel and Hamas appear to be at the closest point yet to sealing a deal to end 15 months of war ...

In yet another piece of the jigsaw puzzle of a new Middle East, Mr. As-Sudani sees reining in the Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite ...

With the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, the Syrian Civil Defense deployed to cities where the rescue organization ...