Syria will soon rejoin the Swift international payment network, the Financial Times reported, as the country gradually ...

His presence was meant to signal the premium the FBI is placing on combating violent crime, drug trafficking and illegal immigration, concerns that have leapfrogged up the agenda ...

Years of conflict saw not only destruction from aerial bombardments but also widespread looting and illicit excavations. Some ...

A contractor digging into the earth where the rubble of a destroyed house had been cleared away in northern Syria stumbled ...

Syria's long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad was overthrown after years of brutal civil war. More than five decades of ...

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More than a century after Arab revolutionaries blew up the Ottomans’ prized Hejaz Railway, located in the geographic heart of ...

Yasmine al-Saleh has two occasions to celebrate this year: the Eid al-Adha holiday and her family’s return home after nine years in a notorious displacement camp in the Syrian desert.

Six months after liberation from a dictator, Syrians not only are aiming for democracy, but also must find solutions for a ...

President Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Syria gives the Syrian people and their new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, a chance ...

The Palestine Branch was one of the most feared security centers in Syria, infamous for its brutal interrogations, arbitrary ...