President Trump signed an executive order this week lifting most sanctions on Syria. Ahead of that action, U.S. officials ...

Rail travel once linked Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, until war and air traffic shut it down. Now, major reconstruction plans aim to revive it over the next 15 years ...

A Reuters investigation found 40 distinct sites of killings, looting and arson during three days of sectarian massacres ...

The construction of the Telford Way Bridge in 1964, nearly 40 years after the widening of the English Bridge and replacement ...

Spotting a rare foreigner in the southern Syrian city of Nawa, Khalil approaches with a business proposal: bring him a “very ...

After decades of dictatorship and 13 years of civil war, can Syria put itself back together? Our journalists traveled the ...

Syrian rebels seized Damascus on Sunday, and long-time President Bashar Assad fled the battle-scarred country amid the stunning collapse of his regime after 13 years of war.

Posted: June 18, 2025 | Last updated: June 18, 2025 Damascus, Syria, holds the record as the world's oldest continuously inhabited city, surviving for over 11,000 years.

DAMASCUS, Syria — In a park overlooking Damascus, 25-year-old Khaldoun Hallak has spent the past few evenings with his friends, drinking yerba mate, snacking on nuts, smoking hookah pipes and ...

During construction on an alternative route to D606, a regional road just under two miles outside of Auxerre, in central France, salvage archaeologists unearthed a sprawling Roman villa complete ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria will need “substantial international” support for its efforts to rehabilitate the economy, meet urgent humanitarian needs, and rebuild essential institutions and ...

Syria, which was on the original list, is spared this time. Yet both countries, by the administration’s own logic, pose similar risks that do not warrant blanket bans.