Watch as a skilled craftsman transforms a chunk of steel into a Japanese-style chef's knife. Witness the intricate ladder ...

Syria's Islamist-led government has decreed that women should wear burkinis or other swimwear that covers the body at public ...

Petal Formed, Stakes Raised, Will Stelter continues the forging process, focusing on transforming the billet into the ...

The International Monetary Fund had said it visited Syria for the first time since 2009 as the country scrambles to rebuild ...

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

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

Crimea is of great strategic importance to Turkey, and it does not want the peninsula to become an internationally recognized ...

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

Sinkhole repairs will affect traffic along a section of Route 58 near Damascus. According to the Virginia Department of ...

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

A four-year-old, permanent ban against drilling for energy in the Delaware River watershed has positively affected the city ...

Syria's exchange is betting on investment funds and Islamic finance to revive its market and lure global investors ...