The Greek Foreign Minister visits his counterpart in Cairo to express his discontent over the ruling that grants Egypt the rights to the lands of this monastery, run by the Orthodox Church. A ...

The tourism ministry's decision marks the first time the Damascus authorities have issued guidelines related to what women ...

Syria's Islamist-led government has decreed that women should wear burkinis or other swimwear that covers the body at public ...

Women have been ordered to wear more conservative dress for the first time since the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Islamist coalition ...

The Al-Kharrat family in Syria has kept the tradition of Sema, or the dance of the whirling dervishes, alive for decades.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their ...