Like many Syrians, I'd only ever known the country under the rule of Assad and his father Hafez, who had been in power from ...

As late as February 1965 he was received with great elation not only in Saudi Arabia and Jordan ... [8] On the same day, he sent his chief of staff, General Mohammad Fawzi, to Damascus to coordinate ...

Construction and renovation work is taking place at the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, to preserve the historic mosque and ...

In an interview with The New York Times, President Ahmed al-Shara urged the United States to lift sanctions and alluded to ...

At least in the capital, Damascus, the Christian holiday festivities were protected and joyfully observed. Religious ...

On the road to Damascus, Saul of Tarsus, who we would later come to know as St. Paul, saw a blinding light and from it heard ...

Damascus: Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has met with a US congressman, the Syrian presidency said on Saturday, the first such visit by an American lawmaker since the overthrow of longtime ruler ...

a Syrian-American Christian prelate serving as the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus Friday, April 18, 2025. Mills and Stutzman arrived on an unofficial visit organized by a ...

Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa met Friday with US Congressman Cory Mills at the Presidential Palace in Damascus, Syrian state news agency SANA reported on Saturday. The meeting included Syrian ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s president on Saturday received a Republican member of Congress in the first visit to the country by American legislators since the ouster of former leader Bashar ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) meets with Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa (R) at the People’s Palace in Damascus, Syria on April 18, 2025. RAMALLAH, Palestine / ANKARA Palestinian ...