The scenes of elation following Monday night's declaration came in sharp contrast to the grim scenes in coastal communities ...

The agreement marked a major victory for Damascus in its quest to unify the ... institutions” into the new Syrian state by the end of the year, including its prized oil and gas fields.

Syrians had remained silent about the bodies dumped in countless basements by Assad’s forces. Rescue teams now are moving ...

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which controls much of the oil-rich northeast, signed a deal with the ...

Thousands of Jews left Syria in 1992, when they were allowed to emigrate. The visit by a small delegation of U.S.-based ...

Meanwhile, a few meters below street level, another gate was recently reopened to the public for the first time in years ... “We are all familiar with the Damascus Gate built by Suleiman ...

Syria's interim government signed a deal Monday with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s northeast, ...

DAMASCUS — If there is a verbal expression ... It's been 34 years — I need time to remember." In a small concrete shrine, a prominent grave remains intact — that of an influential figure ...

There’s a reason to be sceptical about Abdullah Öcalan's call for peace. Efforts to end the fighting in 1993, 1995-1996, and ...