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

While Russian ally Bashar al-Assad was being toppled by rebels in Syria, another friend of Moscow, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, was being chaperoned by Kremlin-backed mercenaries in the ...

Often mysterious, the graffiti preserves fragments of what the anonymous inmates were thinking as they faced torture and death.

As it became increasingly clear that Syrians were not imminently leaving Turkey, the Turkish government formalized the ...

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday his country is ready to welcome UN forces into the UN established ...

New discoveries at an ancient city in Iraq, including written tablets and a game board, may shed light on its hidden history.

Explore the history of focaccia bread. Learn how ancient farmers created flavorful flatbreads with intricate recipes.

Although Syria has been freed from a reign of terror that lasted half a century, it will not be easy to overcome the social ...

After Syria's new authorities arrested an official who issued death sentences to prisoners under ousted president Bashar ...

The country’s new leaders are pushing to restore a sense of normalcy. But Syria remains under a host of international ...

Once a hub of commerce and industry in the Middle East, Syria's means of production have been destroyed by years of conflict. The country's new leaders are making economic recovery a priority. First, ...

For Iran, in particular, the loss of a friendly government in Syria is a significant blow: Tehran has lost its main route for shuttling arms to Hezbollah in Lebanon, and thus its path to rebuild its ...