The new Syrian government pays the first salaries to retired employees after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime. Camera: MOHAMMED AL RIFAI. SOUNDBITES OF AHMED AL-AHMED, ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES IN ...

Syria's new leadership has seized abandoned military housing lived in by former high-ranking Republican Guard soldiers who fled following the ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, but questions ...

For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...

A Palestinian boy carries his belongings as he walks with his family next to the rubble of destroyed homes, after the ceasefire deal ... stressed on Friday the need to lift sanctions on Syria during a ...

“President Trump is committed to ensuring Israeli citizens can safely return to their homes in northern ... the need to lift sanctions on Syria during a landmark visit to Damascus, the first ...

Sheffield City Council is calling on the pensions authority that runs its workplace scheme to ensure it acts as an ethical ...

MOSUL, Iraq — (AP) — For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the ... have not returned to their homes in Mosul but commute there ...

Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, ...

The long anticipated return home for residents of the Syrian town of Tel Rifaat, displaced since 2014, has collided with a ...

The regional intelligence official said the possible airbase locations were the Palmyra military airport and the Syrian army's T4 base, both in the province of Homs. The official said Ankara was ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria is open to letting Russia keep its air and naval bases along the Mediterranean coast as long as any agreement with the Kremlin serves the country’s interests ...