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

Families of detainees and missing Syrians protest outside the Hijaz train station in Damascus, demanding accountability for perpetrators of crimes under Assad's now-deposed government. "These people ...

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

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

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, ...

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

While the country’s conflict lines have been largely stalemated since 2020, Syria’s economic woes have only multiplied in the ...

It was Day Two since Damascus was “liberated ... We can only document history and hope the victims and their families will one day find peace, justice and accountability.

Syrian producer Mohammad al-Shebli was helping to translate the anguished messages scrawled on cell walls by prisoners of the brutal Assad regime made a heart-wrenching discovery.

Analysts have characterised Assad's presidency as a highly personalist dictatorship, which governed Syria as a totalitarian ...

"I can't believe I'm living this moment," Damascus resident Amer Batha told AFP. "We've been waiting a long time for this day. We are starting a new history for Syria." Biden addresses Austin Tice ...