On Thursday, hundreds of Syrians demonstrated in the heart of Damascus, calling on the new ... long-dubbed Iran’s “Shiite crescent,” an arc of influence and proxy groups that bridged Tehran ...

The tiny kitchen where he works seems an unlikely place for Attar, once a successful Damascus businessman specializing ... to France's patron saint Joan of Arc. Then came news earlier in December ...

Fireworks illuminate the sky around the Arc de Triomphe on the Avenue des ... with market traders in Damascus selling balloons and other wares in a sign of hope at the year ahead.

The Middle East—dominated for centuries by Sunni monarchies, tribal sheikdoms, and autocracies—was being transformed by this Shiite arc ... the rebels advanced on Damascus, Tehran abruptly ...

Cities worldwide celebrated New Year's Eve with fireworks displays and public gatherings, marking the transition from 2024 to ...

New Zealand and Australia were among the first countries in the world to kick off its New Year's Eve. | ITV National News ...

The Pacific island nation of Kiribati was the first country to ring in 2025, its 133,500 citizens celebrating the new year at 5 a.m. ET on Tuesday.

Bashar al-Assad has gone but, as elation begins to be edged out by anxiety, what comes after authoritarianism?

As billions around the world welcomed 2025 with celebrations, spectacular light shows, and midnight kisses, others entered ...

“From the airbase near Latakia the S-400’s surface-to-air missiles could strike targets in an arc that takes in much ... demonstrating how it never belonged to Damascus to begin with.

Britain saw in 2025 with a series of spectacular fireworks displays – despite weather warnings threatening celebrations. Thousands of people lined the banks of the River Thames as London defied ...