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

With Islamist HTS consolidating its grip on power,there are fears that it might impose an illiberal constitution or the one ...

Framed and mounted on a castle wall are the faded and tattered remains of the Fairy Flag of Dunvegan. Legends tell of ...

Either maintaining Russia’s military bases in Syria or finding an alternative outpost in the Mediterranean will prove ...

The new leadership of the country said the rebel coalition leader, Ahmed al-Shara, would serve as president during a ...

Greater Syria (Bilad al-Sham), encompassing present-day Syria ... also known as St. Thomas Gate, brandishing crosses and Syrian flags while chanting, "We will sacrifice our souls for our cross." Bab ...

For millennia, “Syria” meant the bigger Greater Syria, or Bilad-el-Sham (“The Land of Sham”), which comprised most of the Levant and parts of the Fertile Crescent territories that are now ...

NAWA, Syria (AP) — As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country's northwest late last year, officials from several countries backing either the rebels or ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Maya by emailing [email protected]. Syria has ended its Tartus port contract with Russia, allocating management of the facility to Damascus ...

Where, when and how did civilians organize during the Syrian civil war that started in the aftermath of the Arab Spring in 2011 and lasted until the toppling of President Bashar Assad in late 2024?

Syria’s new government has canceled a 49-year lease signed with Russia to operate the port of Tartus, home to Moscow’s sole naval base on the Mediterranean Sea. The lease, signed in 2017 ...