Syrians have welcomed in a new year that seems to many to mean a promise of a brighter future after the unexpected fall of ...

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The streets were buzzing with excitement in Damascus as Syrians welcomed in a new year that seemed to many to bring a promise ...

For decades, any Syrian daring to broach political topics got used to speaking in hushed tones and with a watchful eye ...

Images taken just after the precipitous end of the civil war reveal a secret legacy that is just becoming visible.

Syria was once home to one of the world's largest Jewish communities. Those numbers have shrunk dramatically, especially ...

A fourth infant has died of hypothermia in the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by nearly 15 ...

Former regime fighters tell the BBC they want to regain civilian status and had nothing to do with atrocities.

Israeli strikes reported in southern Lebanon • IDF finds weapons, explosives in pharmacy in southern Lebanon • Sirens sound ...

A visit to the souk in the old city in the Syrian capital of Damascus tell us a lot about the state of the country's current economy.

Assad, Afaf Mohammed did what she could not for more than a decade: she climbed Mount Qasyun to admire a sleeping Damascus ...