Three months after the overthrow of President Bashar Assad, Syria is at a crossroads, the top U.N. envoy for the country says ...

For Syrians observing Ramadan, this Muslim holy month is their first in their homeland since the end of the Assad family's ...

In the 12th century, the Andalusian poet and traveler Ibn Jubayr described the agricultural lands around Damascus as “the ...

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It's been a month since Britain voted to leave the European Union. It reflected widespread concerns even causing economic turmoil around the world. Richard Bestic has been taking a look back at the ...

Nowruz is a 13-day celebration of the beginning of spring. While the holiday originated among Persian Zoroastrians more than 3,000 years ago, it’s now observed by more than 300 million people across ...

Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa was born in October 1982 in Saudi Arabia, where he spent the first seven years of his life. In a rare ...

The interior of a Herculaneum scroll, unseen for nearly 2,000 years, has been imaged for the first time with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), with expectations it will reveal brand new ...

Investing.com -- Germany’s foreign ministry on Monday urged Syria’s transitional government to put an end to ongoing violence and conduct a thorough investigation into recent clashes. The call comes ...

The art market inevitably follows the money, and the state’s art scene has been expanding in tandem with its GDP., most notably with the return of the Austin Art Fair for its second edition from ...

Syria is once again engulfed in brutal violence. In the three months since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the country has spiraled into unprecedented bloodshed, with new atrocities marking a dangerous ...

Monday - Syria’s interim President Ahmed Sharaa has committed to enforcing the law against those responsible for the recent mass killings, including potential allies, as sectarian violence poses a ...