There are two versions of Sayyida Zaynab, the suburb south of Damascus and home to a shrine for a revered Muslim figure. One ...

PHILIP H. GORDON was National Security Adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris from 2022 to 2025 and the White House Middle ...

The tightened grip could undermine hopes for an open society that many Syrians have expressed since HTS ended five decades of ...

Both IMEC and CACE represent strategic initiatives emanating from the central and eastern European region hemmed by the Adriatic, Baltic, and Black Seas to reinvigorate historic economic partnerships ...

Their work earned them the Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award in 2022. A key reason was their hiring choice of architect Samuel ...

An international team of archaeologists, ethnologists and historians has uncovered the oldest-known evidence of stone blade ...

After a decade of war and displacement, many Syrians are returning to their homes, only to find them looted and roofless.

Hamidia, some 50 kilometers southwest of Damascus, most homes, like that of sheep herder Abu Mo’ath, are built from black basalt stone, a hallmark of the region’s volcanic terrain. The air carries a ...

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He would return to Israel every so often to see friends and family. According to people who know him, Maman was evasive when ...

As the de facto ruler of Damascus, HTS has attempted to rebrand itself as a moderate group capable of governance, seeking to distance itself from its history of extremism and terrorism. However, Syria ...

Days before the new Damascus government’s security forces entered Afrin, a Kurdish-majority Afrin area of the Aleppo ...