These establishments offer an array of international drinks and cuisine, creating an atmosphere that encourages mingling and ...

Among the sacred places mentioned in Islamic sources are Mecca, Sinai, and Jerusalem, but also Syria (the Shām) and ...

In Syria, after 13 years of civil war, armed rebels took the capital Damascus, in a lightning advance, prompting President ...

The Assad regime cultivated ethnic and religious divides that threaten Syria's future even after the dynasty's fall.

From horror to hope, Syrians are embracing a new political order as they turn the page on the Assad dynasty and grieve the ...

Hundreds of people have protested in Christian areas of the Syrian capital of Damascus after a video emerged showing hooded fighters setting a Christmas tree on fire elsewhere in the country.

One of the mass graves is located just outside Damascus in Al Qutayfah ... believed to be one of the largest mass graves in modern history, and its true count could rival that of the Stalin ...

Hope and uncertainty fill the streets of Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The challenges of rebuilding are enormous ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Thousands of Syrians gathered Friday in Damascus’ historic main mosque for the first Muslim Friday prayers since the downfall of former President Bashar Assad, while giant ...

With the stunning change of leadership in Syria and the end of a 50-year reign of the Assad regime, the significance of religious history in Syria shouldn't be overlooked. Most Syrians are now Muslim, ...

HUSSEINIYEH, Syria (AP) — A rebel force deployed to a village in southeastern Damascus to stop looters who swarmed a residential complex and set some apartments on fire. The raid by the rebel ...

Turkey's long-time relationship with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels had drawn little attention until recently -- but since the Islamists took over Syria, both sides have sought to profit from the ties, ...