Iraq and Syria reopened the main border crossing for travellers and goods on Saturday, Iraqi authorities announced. The move ...

The Al-Kharrat family in Syria has kept the tradition of Sema, or the dance of the whirling dervishes, alive for decades.

Syria’s Interior Ministry calls Israeli raid ‘flagrant breach of international laws and conventions’ - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Syria will need “substantial international” support for its efforts to rehabilitate the economy, meet urgent humanitarian ...

Middle East leaders and their Western allies have been warning that Islamic State could exploit the fall of the Assad regime ...

Tensions flare as rockets from Syria prompt Israeli airstrikes, despite Syria’s new government seeking stability and ...

Assad’s regime on Dec. 8, 2024, after the rebel military operation “Deterrence of Aggression” and the establishment of a ...

Peace between Syria and Israel is "very possible", a Trump-linked evangelical Christian pastor said after he and a pro-Israel ...

Syria's Islamist-led government has decreed that women should wear burkinis or other swimwear that covers the body at public beaches and swimming pools, while permitting Western-style beachwear at ...

Comedians in Syria see a new moment for their art form. With the regime that stifled dissent under former President Bashar al ...

Trading has resumed on the Damascus Securities Exchange after a six-month closure, as Syria’s new leaders attempt to shore up ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their ...