As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...

Just like in 2011, thousands of Syrians, in this case Alawites, wade through the river that serves as a border with Lebanon to escape the persecution by the allied forces of the new government. The ...

The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo were the first such clashes there since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

The overnight clash in Damascus appeared to have been contained, but it has heightened concerns that the violence sweeping ...

Syria’s Druze minority is trying to navigate a new, uncertain Syria. Members of the small religious sect find themselves ...

The death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and ...

Russia maintains two key military bases in Syria, including an air base in Hmeimim and a naval base in Tartous.

Researchers have identified an extensive Mesopotamian canal network that supplied ancient farms in the Eridu region with ...

Israel’s expansionist ambitions continue to drive the erasure of Palestine, raising the critical question: Can the US and ...

An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor ...

Partly cloudy with a high of 66 °F (18.9 °C). Winds SW at 7 to 9 mph (11.3 to 14.5 kph). Night - Partly cloudy. Winds variable at 6 to 10 mph (9.7 to 16.1 kph). The overnight low will be 48 °F ...

A star-studded lineup of figure skating icons will perform in a tribute show honoring the 67 people killed in the plane crash over the Potomac River in Washington, DC. "Legacy On Ice" will be held at ...