Syria’s civil war drove a wedge between the residents of the small town of Maaloula, where two-thirds are Christian and ...

In the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel seized the Golan Heights, about 60km (40 miles) south of Damascus, from Syria, before annexing it in 1981. The annexation is not recognised by the UN and many other ...

and education before returning.” Sara Mohammed Salih Al Absi, 32, fled Syria for Istanbul in December 2014 with her two young daughters. “I was afraid of the bombings, shooting, war planes, ...

As Syrians head home in large numbers, they are unearthing new dangers in mines, bombs, and other explosive remnants of war.

The conflict devolved into armed insurgency and civil war after Assad crushed what started ... two of whom had never seen Syria before. Moussa, 38, recalls, at one point, fleeing an area while ...

Residents of southwestern Syria say they fear the prospect of an all-out war between Israel and Syria’s new authorities.

Syria’s new transitional government was sworn in Saturday nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power ...

Through propaganda films, Iran justified its military intervention in Syria, but the defeat of Assad and discontent at home ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP ... popular uprisings against Arab dictators, before Assad crushed what started as largely peaceful protests and a civil war erupted. It became increasingly fought along ...

Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee said troops fired back at gunmen who attacked them, before launching ... Britain-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the ...