A German foreign ministry source said Berlin had officially reopened its embassy with an initially small diplomatic team working in Damascus. Consular affairs and visas would continue to be ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa backing efforts to ensure Syria's territorial integrity and offering Russia's "practical cooperation" on ...

Although there is limited archaeological evidence to show that the gatehouse was built on the site of a much older Roman gate, most historians are agreed that this was probably the case. What we do ...

the deal signaled a step toward stabilizing Syria and consolidating control of the country under a single central authority in Damascus. Malak Ibrahim, a Kurdish man who was displaced to Qamishli ...

The two groups that Israel sought to support in Syria, Kurds and Druze, are now moving closer to integration with the new government in Damascus. ISRAEL HAS the world’s third-largest Druze ...

As HTS assumed leadership in Damascus, it unified many former rebel ... The deal is supposed to put together a road map for integration that will be completed in the next nine months.

Damascus authorities have blamed summary executions of dozens of youths and deadly raids on homes in villages and towns inhabited by Syria’s once-ruling minority on unruly armed militias that ...

The overnight clash in Damascus appeared to have been contained, but it has heightened concerns that the violence sweeping the country’s coastal region could spread. By Euan Ward Reporting from ...

At a police training school in Damascus, the capital ... Image Rania Shadood at the gate of her house. Her sons were returning home from work after midnight when she witnessed their kidnapping.

(AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) Israeli Border Police officers stand guard as Muslim worshippers make their way to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in ...

A woman prays at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, March 7, 2025. Arabic on top right reads ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rabbi Yusuf Hamra, left, and his son Henry take pictures as they visit the Al-Raqi synagogue in the old city ...