"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.

While the military victories against the IS put the revolution on the map, its important to emphasize that its success ... but today, it is completely normal. In the heart of the Middle East, hundreds ...

Damascenes are experiencing the first Holy Month of Ramadan without the al-Assad family in more than five decades. Bashar al-Assad, who took over from his father Hafez, was the last of the family ...

By Alissa J. Rubin Reporting from the Faysh Khabur border crossing between Iraq and Syria In the Syrian capital, Damascus, the country’s new leader has hosted a national unity conference and ...

A group of Syrian Jews recently visited Damascus for the first time in over 30 years, Reuters reported. Rabbi Joseph Hamra, 77, and his son Henry, 48, visited a synagogue in the Syrian capital and ...

For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the heart of Syria's capital Damascus, carefully passing their thumbs over the ...

Claiming that the suburb 3km southeast of Damascus is a Druze city under threat, Netanyahu and his Defence Minister Israel Katz instructed their troops to “prepare to defend” Jaramana.

SHOCKING new videos has shown rifle-wielding gunmen storming the streets of Damascus after 1,500 people ... "We are paving the way for life to return to normal and for the consolidation of ...

BEIRUT, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Kurdish-led authorities in northeast Syria have begun providing oil from local fields they manage to the central government in Damascus, Syrian oil ministry spokesman ...

The map also includes a depiction of the city’s northern gate, represented by the famous pillar that gave it its name in Arabic (to this day, Damascus Gate is known in Arabic as Bab al-Amud ...