Two Republican congressmen were expected to meet the country’s new leaders and to visit areas destroyed during the long civil ...

In the Damascus neighbourhood of Jobar, which saw some of the war’s fiercest fighters, hidden dangers are lurking amongst the ...

Two U.S. Congress members landed in Damascus on Friday to meet Syrian officials, the first visit by American lawmakers to the ...

(250407) -- DAMASCUS, April 7, 2025 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a protest against ongoing Israeli assaults on the Gaza ...

For much of the past two decades, ISIS has enjoyed favorable conditions in Syria, but since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s ...

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam visits Syria on Monday to discuss several pressing matters including the issue of Lebanese detainees missing in Syria. Salam assured that the matter will top his ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Omar Halaby hobbles through the ruins of his old neighborhood on one leg, with a crutch. A freckled former teen fighter, Halaby lost his right leg in a 2017 air and artillery ...

South Korea now has diplomatic relations with all 191 U.N. member states except for its war-divided rival, North Korea.

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But the UAE, which has historically been anxious about Islamist political movements, has taken a more cautious approach to the new authorities in Damascus. Syria’s new rulers have sought to ...