The ongoing humanitarian and political crises in Syria encapsulate decades of repression, violence, and civil unrest. After ...

The longtime enemies have opened contacts, reflecting a power shift across a Middle East in which they have newfound common ...

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The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the ...

David Lammy proclaimed himself the first UK Minister to visit Syria since Assad’s retreat to Moscow. Renewing British ...

Last month's deadly church bombing outside Syria's capital is raising fears among the country's minority Christians. Some are ...

Assad’s most-notorious death factory, the hangings had become routine. Once a month, around midnight, the guards at Saydnaya ...