The bases may stay in exchange for diplomatic backing and money from Russia, which has been deeply involved in Syria's economy and defense for seven decades.

A senior Turkish official on Friday called for the dissolution of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party’s affiliates in Iraq and Syria, a day after the PKK’s imprisoned leader urged his militant group to disarm and disband in a bid to end a four-decade conflict with Turkey.

Maaloula is one of the world's few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have used. The town is also home to Syria's two oldest active

Comics had already been trying to foster stand-up in Syria before Bashar al-Assad’s fall. Now, they are telling jokes in a liberated country, while warily eyeing the new government.

Idlib offers a glimpse of what Syria’s new leaders can create—though it came at a price.

Israel’s defense ministry on Saturday said the military has been instructed to prepare to defend a Druze settlement in the suburbs of Damascus, asserting that the minority it has vowed to protect was “under attack” by Syrian forces.

Turkish and British officials will discuss Syria's future during a meeting in Ankara on Monday, with security, sanctions and economic development on the agenda, a Turkish foreign ministry source said on Sunday.

Two prisoners who spent years inside Syria's deadliest prison are now sharing the horrors they endured at Sednaya military prison.

The European Union on Monday began easing energy and transport sanctions and banking restrictions against Syria, aiming to help breathe life into the conflict-torn country’s economy if its new leaders work toward a peaceful future.

The Israeli army said on Tuesday an earlier report of suspected aerial targets in the Golan Heights area was the result of false identification.

Lopatin, an interfaith leader in Michigan who is a director with the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, and another Jewish advocate in metro Detroit, were among five Jews from the U.S. visiting the Arab country.