DAMASCUS, Syria—Samir al-Baghdad grabbed his pickax ... But the house, like scores of others nearby, has been reduced to heaps of rubble during years of civil war. Al-Baghdadi can’t afford to hire ...

Officials in Syria's caretaker government were left with a state in ruins. Some fear they aren't moving fast enough to fix it ...

During the Syria civil war period, Shia fighters from various countries, including Iraq and Iran, had voluntarily arrived in Damascus to protect the shrine from being harmed by the Islamic State ...

You can’t extinguish fire with fire. You can’t address a mistake with another mistake. You have to correct the situation in Syria.” ...

The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...

The interior ministry posted pictures ... civil war broke out in 2011. Shia shrines are a frequent target of attacks by ISIS both in Syria and neighbouring Iraq. ISIS previously targeted the ...

The Baghdad museum's collection was decimated by looters in the chaos that followed the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq. Outside the Damascus ... for six years during Syria's civil war, which broke ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Friday that his county’s military might not withdraw all of its forces ...

The experiences of other Arab countries whose despotic regimes collapsed testify to the challenges: None of those countries — not Egypt, not Iraq ... committed during the civil war, say veterans ...

After 13 years of civil war, Syria's President Bashar al ... but retaining sanctions on Assad allies who "committed serious crimes" during Syria's war. "Syrians now need a quick dividend from ...