Syria’s Islamist leaders pledged to respect religious freedom despite their radical past. Many Christians and Shiites are weighing whether to trust them.

After the fall of the Assad regime, Syrians grasp for answers and a path to restoration under new president Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Militants in the Gaza Strip released eight hostages on Thursday (Jan 30), handing them over to the Red Cross amid chaotic crowds as part of a swap that is set to see 110 Palestinians released from ...

Officials in Syria's caretaker government were left with a state in ruins. Some fear they aren't moving fast enough to fix it ...

PALMYRA, Syria — Abdurahman Abu Hamza, a farmer from the Syrian city of Deir Ezzour, last visited the ancient ruins of ...

Hamas will release three Israelis, including two women and an 80-year-old man, as well as five Thai nationals during the next hostage release set for Thursday, Israel and Hamas said Wednesday as their ...

Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Wednesday abolished the country’s constitution and declared himself president ...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani visits the eighth-century Umayyad Mosque in the old city of Damascus Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (2nd L) visits the eighth-century Umayyad ...

A few days after the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled into exile, in December, an elderly woman sat on the sidewalk ...

In Sweida, a stronghold of the Druze community in southern Syria, the community fights to ensure the new regime acknowledges ...