Syria’s interim president has signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years during a transitional phase.

Residents described shootings outside their homes and bodies in the streets in Syria’s worst unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s ...

When I interviewed Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus on Feb. 27, neither one of us knew ...

Two days of fighting along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest battles since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar ...

Gunmen have ambushed a Syrian police patrol in a coastal town leaving at least 13 security members dead and many wounded, a ...

After a period of relative calm in western Syria, the reported attacks raised the specter of continued sectarian conflict in ...

Clashes between Syria's new authorities and gunmen loyal to ousted dictator Bashar Assad have killed at least 147 people over ...

Oweis said Syrian forces looted hundreds of Christian homes during the assault on Alawite communities between the coastal towns of Tartus and Latakia. Jihadis stormed the home of Oweis’s friend and ...

The city can finally mourn the tens of thousands of victims of Hafez al-Assad and the massacre he ordered 43 years ago.

The boots on the ground efforts are through a partnership with Trails to Recovery, a local nonprofit organization that formed ...

A Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih killed a 47-year-old woman and wounded at least nine ...

As a town that relies heavily on tourism, you'll find plenty of options for accommodation in Damascus, including vacation rentals, bed and breakfasts, inns, and lodges. The Damascus Old Mill Inn ...