Halakha and ethics: a case study.

The persecution of Christians in Syria, such as the suicide bombing that killed 25 at a Damascus Orthodox church in June, is ...

Less than two weeks after Ahmad al-Sharaa ousted Bashar al-Assad in Syria, a U.S. State Department delegation arrived in ...

Thirty-three women and girls from Syria's Alawite sect have been abducted or gone missing this year in the turmoil following ...

Syrian authorities on Monday announced arrests over a suicide blast targeting a church blamed on the Islamic State group, as ...

A shooting and suicide bombing at a Damascus church during a packed service on Sunday killed at least 22 people, authorities said, blaming a member of the Islamic State group for the unprecedented ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdish authorities and the Syrian interim government have reached an agreement to empty the notorious al-Hol camp from Syrians and return them to their homes, a ...

A delegation from the Syrian government visited al-Hol camp in northeast Syria that houses thousands of suspected Islamic State (ISIS) family members, local media reported.

Who is Ahmad al-Sharaa? The 42-year-old al-Sharaa was born in Saudi Arabia to a family that was originally from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. He grew up in Damascus, the capital of Syria ...

The road from Damascus to Sweida winds through outcrops of black volcanic rock. Emily Garthwaite for NPR Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri stands in his village home in Sweida on March 12.

Even after the Abbasid caliphate shifted power to Baghdad, Damascus retained its status as a significant centre of learning and piety. The city’s libraries and markets were legendary, housing ...