Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not allow Syria’s new army or the insurgent group that led the ...

On a wintry night in Damascus, hundreds of people packed into a courtyard in the Old City, dancing and singing during a ...

On a wintry night in Damascus, hundreds of people packed into a courtyard in the Old City, dancing and singing during a ...

PM Netanyahu has demanded the ‘full demilitarisation’ of southern Syria, where Israel has illegally expanded its forces.

Mammoth concrete apartment buildings line the main motorway running west out of Damascus, relics of a Soviet-style economy ...

For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the heart of Syria's capital Damascus, carefully passing their thumbs over the ...

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share For the first time in 13 years, Dr. Mufaddal Hamadeh was walking through the streets of Damascus without fearing arrest. Long barred from the country because of his ...

Moaz Mustafa, head of the Syrian Emergency Task Force, emphasized the significance of this visit—the first Jewish delegation in 33 years—and underscored the new government’s support for the return of ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable at 6 to 12 mph (9.7 to 19.3 kph). The overnight low will be 34 °F (1.1 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 46 °F (7.8 °C) and a 55% chance of precipitation. Winds ...

Cloudy with a high of 20 °F (-6.7 °C) and a 63% chance of precipitation. Winds WNW at 14 to 17 mph (22.5 to 27.4 kph). Night - Cloudy with a 47% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 6 to ...

The Damascus neighborhood of the man who has been leading Syria's new caretaker government celebrates his new role and reflects on the last 14 years of civil war.