When Syria's new leaders shut 60 Damascus bars, drinkers protested, and the government reversed itself. It's an example of ...

The choice of cabinet officials was seen as a litmus test for whether the rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad would deliver on ...

The list of ministers appears to be a compromise between calls for a diverse cabinet to unite the divided country while ...

SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the new leadership in Damascus have struck an agreement to exchange “all prisoners” and keep the SDF-affiliated ...

Since the downfall of the Baathist regime, Syrians have been speaking more freely about their future – and their doubts in ...

But after a social media outcry, and appeals to the Damascus mayor, all 60 closures were lifted — after less than a day. It's an example of how Syria's new leaders — who once had ties to al ...

This Ramadan, Syrians marked the 14th anniversary of the start of their country’s civil war. The conflict began as one of ...

A rare testimony from the Alliance Israélite Universelle shows the Jewish Scout Movement in Damascus ... educational framework active in the city. syria synagogue 224.88 (credit: Courtesy ...

AKRE. Iraq (AP) — Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and ...

They also served as an apt reminder to the new authorities in Damascus that they cannot reconquer ... protected the Druze-majority southern Syrian city of Suwayda against ISIS and the Assad ...