The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse ...

The announcements came hours after the fighters took a fourth strategic city in a lightning offensive that began on November 27. In just 11 days, the 24-year rule of President Bashar al-Assad came to ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest known alphabetic writing in an ancient Syrian city, suggesting alphabets may be ...

Damascus residents on Tuesday (December 31) were preparing to welcome the New Year for the first time since the ousting of ...

For years, Syria was a fabled destination for cultural holidays. Now operators believe Britons could return as soon as next ...

Israeli forces are unceasingly bombing Gaza, including its hospitals and all civilian sites, even as vague reports of “ceasefire talks” are ...

How has Syria’s control map changed in a week ... eastern Syrian cities of Raqaa and Deir Ezzor as well as the ancient city of Palmyra. Al-Nusra and the Free Syrian Army were controlling ...

As the war in Gaza rages, Syria's government transforms, and the Israeli-occupied West Bank seethes, Armenian residents of ...

Syrians who remained loyal to him through years of civil war fume that he left without a word. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The rapid fall of Syria’s autocratic ruler, Bashar al-Assad, this past weekend was one of the most consequential developments in a year convulsed by war. From Syrians themselves to Syria’s ...