ISTANBUL/ALEPPO (Reuters) - Ahmed al-Sheikh's excitement at returning to his homeland from neighbouring Turkey after the fall of Bashar al-Assad has turned to bitter disappointment at the grim living ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

The Ministry of Culture, in coordination with the National Heritage Foundation, has approved a project to transform Fairuz's ...