In a Damascus suburb, the head of Syria's tiny Jewish community visits the newly accessible Joba synagogue for the first time in 15 years.

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 ...

To most people who read or otherwise consume western media, the fall of the Assad government in Syria was unusually quick and even surprising. For most of ...

Scenes of public security forces entering the Mezzeh area of ​​Damascus and imposing a curfew until 8am.

A Turkish television news report Tuesday claimed that Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan will travel to Damascus Friday and offer prayer at that city’s ancient Great Mosque. His transportation minister ...

Although members of the Christian community said they are happy to see the Assad regime go, many are wary of their new ...

Twinkling lights, stars, bells and revolutionary flags are strung above the ancient streets of the old city of Damascus.

The idea that Bashar Assad’s fall represents the birth of applied neo-Ottomanism sounds odd, but that’s what is happening.

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

The church bells still ring in Syria’s ancient Christian enclaves, but their sound carries a bittersweet resonance. Two weeks ...

The BBC's Barbara Plett-Usher says she has heard gunfire and explosions but it is "relatively calm" in Damascus, after rebels took control of the Syrian capital. President Assad is said to have ...

An inscribed marble slab featuring the Ten Commandments sold for $5.04 million at Sotheby’s auction house in New York. The stone — written in archaic Samaritan Hebrew script — is the oldest known text ...