New Delhi: The modern-day Syria with its capital in Damascus is considered as an Arab Islamic country where the majority of population comprises Sunni Muslims, about 74 per cent followed by Shia ...

Hama, now in modern-day Syria, was first occupied around 6,500 B.C. and was strategically positioned along communication routes that contributed to its longevity into the years of the Ottoman Empire.

Mr. al-Shara announced the much anticipated new government late on Saturday night, swearing in 23 cabinet ministers in a ceremony that ran into the early hours of Sunday — the last day in Syria ...

Marook, a sweet bread eaten during Ramadan in Syria, used to be a simple loaf, but now the list of choices can be as long as ...

In other news, a fourth day of deadly clashes in western Syria is testing the country`s new leadership. Government security forces are fighting gunmen loyal to ousted President Bashar al Assad.

The massacre has long been studied but its causes remain misunderstood. Greater Syria, a province of the Ottoman Empire that included modern-day Syria and Lebanon, was among the most ethnically and ...

Moscow-SANA- With the participation of Syria, the Forum of Supporters for the Fight against Modern Neo-Colonialist Practices, organized by the United Russia Party, kicked today in the Russian ...