A visit to the souk in the old city in the Syrian capital of Damascus tell us a lot about the state of the country's current economy.

All Syrian rebel groups are to be dissolved and united under the Defence Ministry, Syria's transitional government announced ...

In Syria, after 13 years of civil war, armed rebels took the capital Damascus, in a lightning advance, prompting President Bashar al-Assad to flee to Russia on 8. Much of the country is now run by ...

As an ancient identity left stateless, Assyrians stand as the most concrete example of this reality. From Mesopotamia to the ...

After dusk, the president slipped out of the capital, flying covertly to a Russian military base in northern Syria and then ...

The Middle Eastern country had been ruled by outside powers and dictators for centuries before its revolution was realized.

For years, Syria was a fabled destination for cultural holidays. Now operators believe Britons could return as soon as next ...

Syrians who remained loyal to him through years of civil war fume that he left without a word. Read more at straitstimes.com.