An English teacher writes of escaping with her family to Egypt, where life is hard. But would it be possible in Gaza?

Inside Syria's ancient capital, a lone Jewish guardian watches over abandoned properties while Islamist rulers patrol the ...

A month after Israel secures vantage point on Syrian capital, finding surprising items the Assad regime left behind.

Wealthy Gulf countries have pledged to build economic partnerships with Syria's new interim rulers, while Washington has eased some restrictions without fully lifting its sanction ...

The Church celebrates the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul on Jan. 25, the only one of a kind in the liturgy. There are other “turnabouts” that have left an indelible mark in the history of ...

Once Syria's most influential minority, Alawites struggle to move on from their association with a hated dictator.

A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian ...

The map below shows the location of Cairo and Damascus. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

The last Lebanese premier to visit Damascus was Saad al-Hariri, who went there in 2010. Ties between Damascus and Beirut have often been fraught since they became independent states in the 1940s.

We are familiar with Paul’s encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus which lead to his salvation. We are not as familiar with Paul’s other encounter with Jesus which prepared and qualified ...

Turkey is planning to start flights to Syria's Damascus in the coming days, Turkish Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said on Thursday. "We are planning a flight from Turkey (to Damascus ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey is planning to start flights to Syria's Damascus in the coming days, Turkish Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said on Thursday. "We are planning a flight from ...