The optimism about changes in Syria should be tempered by a look at what is in, and what's out, in the new regime's schoolbooks.

Syria is set to receive $5 million including for Palmyra, while a further $9 million has been earmarked to address the impact ...

Europe recently downgraded the protected status of wolves, sparking concern among conservationists who warn this may undo ...

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Under the Assad regime, Saydnaya prison became a mass-killing machine; ‘a symbol of shame for the whole world.’ ...

It has been seven months since Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power in Syria, thrusting the country into a new era after 54 ...

Syria's new leaders are hoping renewable energy will now become more than a patchwork solution. Investment is beginning to return to the country with the lifting of U.S. sanctions, and major energy ...

United Nations teams have deployed Sunday to the Syrian coast, where firefighters are battling wildfires for a fourth day.

Denmark officially launches its six-month EU presidency with a unique political formula of responsibility and restrictions that is already spreading across the bloc.