May we have better days', interim Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir tells worshippers as thousands join celebrations in ...

Palestinian health officials say an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in central Gaza killed at least seven ...

Thousands of jubilant Syrians converged on Damascus's landmark Umayyad Mosque for Friday prayers, waving opposition flags and ...

Exuberant Syrians observed the first Friday prayers since the ouster of President Bashar Assad, gathering in the capital’s ...

At the Umayyad Mosque, Bashir calls on Syrians to rebuild with solidarity and tolerance amid ongoing regional violence.

In an impoverished, war-ravaged country, the first prayers after the fall of a brutal regime drew jubilant crowds, even in ...

Even with hopes running high, so much can go wrong when a country ousts a longtime dictator and tries to start anew.

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US diplomats have arrived in Syria to speak directly to the new Islamist-led rulers, hoping to encourage a moderate, ...

Thousands crammed into the marble esplanade of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus for the first Friday prayers since the ouster of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.