Five months after its liberation from the police state of Bashar al-Assad, Syria sometimes looks like a country in civil war.

At least in the capital, Damascus, the Christian holiday festivities ... But what that new nation will come to look like is an open question. While many Sunni Muslim Syrians have embraced the ...

She further noted that the interim government in Damascus could benefit from ... “It might not be exactly like what they did in northeast Syria. I'm not suggesting that's a perfect fit for ...

Trump’s decision is a hard-won victory for humanitarian advocates, supportive American lawmakers and Gulf and Arab leaders who view the new government in Damascus ... “What we did was try ...

Syria's new leadership has said it wants no trouble with Israel. President Trump has now hinted Syria is willing to go as far as normalizing relations with its once sworn enemy.

Nor did Netanyahu look particularly reassured when Trump claimed ... aggression against Israel at a time when Sunni Arab states like Saudi Arabia and the UAE are seeking to normalize relations ...

There were a lot, he said, from "215" - a notorious military intelligence detention centre in Damascus known as "Branch 215". It is a place we will re-visit in this story. Abu Ali's trailer did ...

The president is trying to drum up Saudi investment in the U.S. By Ben Hubbard Jonathan Swan and Erika Solomon Ben Hubbard reported from Damascus ... in the region. He did not mention the United ...

The headlines keep rolling at us like an avalanche ... “Syrian leader ‘offers to build Trump Tower’ in Damascus” New York Times: “Tiny company with China ties announces big purchase ...

“In the end, the so-called nation builders wrecked far more nations than they built, and the interventionists were intervening in complex societies that they did ... in Damascus and want Trump ...

President Donald Trump is holding out Saudi Arabia as a model for a reimagined Middle East. He's using his first major ...