Syrian government fighters entered the city of Sweida over the summer in an apparent bid to assert control over the enclave ...

From Tsarist claims to protect the oppressed, through Soviet anti-colonialism, to today’s moral theater over Gaza, Russia is ...

The Anglo-Soviet invasion of 1941 and the post-war settlement did not restore Arabistan; British files from the era show ...

Part of the Virginia Creeper Trail that remains closed a year after Hurricane Helene. (Photo by Shannon Heckt/Virginia Mercury) As the first fall leaves drifted to the ground in Damascus Town Park on ...

For the first time in decades, Jews set eyes on the 1,700-year-old Dura Europos synagogue paintings this week. After studying the world’s oldest synagogue paintings for nearly a decade, Jill Joshowitz ...

On Sept. 30, Philadelphia’s Office of Immigrant Affairs plans to hoist the red flag emblazoned with the star of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in front of city hall to celebrate the anniversary of ...

Diplomats all served at de facto mission to Syria based in Istanbul Departures won't affect US policy on Syria, one source says US wants Syrian Kurdish allies to integrate with national security ...

A veteran pleaded not guilty Wednesday after setting fire to an American flag in a federal park outside the White House last month to protest President Trump’s executive order cracking down on flag ...

Seven plans folded in back pocket, vol. 2. "Damascus, capital of the Ottoman province in Syria and one of the most important centres of the classical Muslim World, underwent some of the same ...

Police in Bergen County are investigating after an Israeli flag appeared to have been intentionally burned outside a Tenafly synagogue on Tuesday, according to borough officials. The flag was ...