People set aside divisions and anxiety about the future to mark a once-in-a-lifetime moment of renewal.

Governance Amid Syria's Fragmentation Muhammad al-Bashir-not former Syrian Prime Minister in exile Riad Hijab or current ...

How many drowned in the seas?" the top rebel commander, Abu Mohammed al-Golani, told a huge crowd at the medieval Umayyad Mosque in central Damascus, referring to refugees who died trying to reach ...

In the central city of Homs, armed rebels celebrated in the mosque accommodating the grave of medieval Arab commander Khalid Ibn al-Walid. In Damascus, the Iranian Embassy was stormed and looted.

Bethlehem is marking another somber Christmas Eve under the shadow of war in Gaza. Manger Square lacked its usual festive ...