In post-Assad Syria, stand-up comedians are re-emerging to challenge taboos, mocking the former president and his regime and even testing the waters with Damascus's new rulers.

As the rebels who ousted Syria’s longtime dictator, Bashar al-Assad, transition from insurgents to administrators, ...

Two weeks post-Assad regime, life in Syria resumes with cautious optimism. Locals express mixed feelings about the ongoing ...

A website called Verify-Sy, which states that it fact-checks stories about Syria, said that residents of a neighborhood ...

When Syrian rebels stormed towards Damascus, NPR international correspondent Ruth Sherlock needed to figure out a way to get ...

Syrians wave "revolutionary" Syrian flags during a celebratory demonstration following the first Friday prayers since Bashar Assad's ouster, in Damascus' central square, Syria, Friday, Dec. 13 ...

On reopening night, he hosted around 20 people ... the month of celebrations." Syria has a large Christian minority which ...

Explosions heard in Damascus as Israel carries out aerial bombardments ‘on strategic areas’ across Syria, including in and around Damascus. The streets of Syria’s cities and towns are ...

Cancel anytime. Syrians chant slogans and wave the new Syrian flag as they gather for Friday prayers at the Umayyad mosque in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. DAMASCUS — Thousands of ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Cockroaches crawled out of the walls near a dirty, stained sink in the Syrian prison cell where an ex-prisoner told NBC News that American journalist Austin Tice was once held.

DAMASCUS, Syria — Thousands of Syrians gathered Friday in Damascus’ historic main mosque for the first Muslim Friday prayers since the downfall of former President Bashar Assad, while giant ...