Kurdish demands for regional autonomy have emerged as one of the main fault lines in the new Syria, opposed by interim ...

Syria's capital, Damascus, is suffering from its worst water shortages in years as a result of the lowest rainfall in more ...

The Trump administration is granting Syria a waiver from one crippling set of sanctions as well as easing restrictions on ...

European Union foreign ministers on Tuesday agreed to lift the remaining economic curbs on the war-torn country, amid ...

During Syria’s civil war, protecting the revered Sayyida Zeinab shrine was a rallying cry for some Shiite fighters and groups ...

Plans are afoot to build a metro in Damascus and overhaul water and power infrastructure. The new Syria is not short on ...

Syrian Defense Minister Gen. Marhaf Abu Qasra met with an official British delegation led by political advisor Charles Smith in Damascus. A meeting between British political advisor Charles Smith ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that Syria was potentially weeks away from a return to full-scale civil war, a scenario ...

A man looks at photos of disappeared people at Marjeh Square, known as Martyrs' Square, in Damascus, Syria, in January. (Photos by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) Neighbors and colleagues ...

He grew up in Damascus, the capital of Syria, according to Thomas Warrick, an international lawyer and a former Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary for counterterrorism.

Image Eli Cohen, far left, listening as he is sentenced to death by a special military court in Damascus, Syria, in 1965.Credit...Associated Press Mr. Cohen was born in Alexandria, Egypt ...