For the first time since the fall of Bashar Assad's regime in Syria, the EU is considering lifting sanctions in a variety of sectors. But the bloc wants to keep leverage over the Islamist group now in ...

A United Nations official called for all parties in Syria to cooperate without “unhelpful rhetoric” as talks continue between ...

Economy has been battered by corruption and 13 years of civil war. Coupled with international sanctions and mismanagement, ...

The rebel offensive benefited from careful preparation and the support of Turkey, which occupies territory in Syria’s north ...

DAMASCUS: Samir al-Baghdad grabbed his pickax and walked up a wobbly set of stairs made of cinderblocks and rubble. He is ...

UNICEF remains steadfast in its commitment to reach every child in Syria with the critical support they need. Committed to ...

After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the demilitarized buffer zone created in Syria after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

The move to put religion at the center of policing risks seeding new rifts in a diverse country awash with guns after 13 years of civil war and alienating foreign governments they have been trying ...

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud will visit Damascus on Friday and meet with top officials in the new Syrian administration, a Syrian official said on Thursday.

Syria's new authorities are using Islamic teachings to train a fledgling police force, a move officers say aims to instil a ...

The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fifth day on Thursday. Humanitarian aid groups are working to surge food and supplies to the war-ravaged territory as ...

The Israeli military says its soldiers killed an alleged militant in Gaza whom it said posed a threat to its forces. The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas stretched into a ...