I will never forget that fateful moment when I was just 11 years old, walking back home from school with my friend. Unfortunately, our return coincided with a military convoy of the Syrian regime. A ...

After this week’s bloodshed, Druse leaders in Ashrafieh Sahnaya agreed to integrate militia fighters into government forces.

After years of security theater, all too many Americans seem ready to accept Trump’s pledge to root out the vermin.

Four days of clashes between pro-government gunmen and members of a minority sect in Syria have left nearly 100 people dead ...

Syria's minority groups are in a new era following the fall of the Assad regime. Syria is a diverse country with an estimated ...

The Republican’s jolting speech was standard fare for President Trump and well-received by the crowd in deep-red Alabama, ...

F or miles around, as far as the eye can see, the eastern suburbs of Damascus are a sea of undulating rubble and skeletal ...

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Ayman Oghanna for NPR This ancient city, once one of the most important stops on the Silk Road, bears the scars of ISIS attacks and more than a decade of Syria’s civil war. It also carries ...

PALMYRA, Syria — This ancient city, once one of the most important stops on the Silk Road, bears the scars of ISIS attacks and more than a decade of Syria's civil war. It also carries Syrian ...

Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...