After a decade of war and displacement, many Syrians are returning to their homes, only to find them looted and roofless.

Situated in al-Hasakah province, north-eastern Syria, al-Hol camp holds tens of thousands of people, including relatives of ...

On this episode of The Sunday Story, NPR's Ruth Sherlock takes us to a notorious prison where thousands were detained and killed, and she visits a suspected mass gravesite outside Damascus.

“In the Hama countryside [around 200km north of Damascus] there is a state of extreme chaos and widespread illegal excavations of sites and hills,” Nabo says. He attributes the vulnerability ...

A local pilgrimage that kicked off in January in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis offers an opportunity to celebrate the newly canonized Martyrs of Damascus and to, in prayer, walk ...

Qatar's Emir Visits Syria, First Head of State to Visit Damascus Since Assad's Fall DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani visited Damascus on Thursday and met newly ...

According to the Civil Defense, one of the latest discoveries was a mass grave near the Damascus border containing approximately 80 bodies. The total number of exhumed remains so far is in the ...

“I think he is testing the limits of his power, and I don’t think any of us are surprised by it,” said Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican who is close with Trump. At first blush, the Trump ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Syrian civil defense workers, known as the White Helmets, collect human remains found in two separate ...

One of them, discovered in al-Qutayfah, 40 kilometers north of Damascus, contains the bones of 100,000 missing persons, according to initial estimates. The unprecedented repression carried out by ...

Western officials visiting Damascus have consistently linked their assistance to a political transition that ensures inclusivity, power-sharing, and respect for human rights. These conditions ...