A remarkable and enrapturing palace, it represents the beauty of Islamic art and architecture through a blend of traditional ...

The emerging transitional government in Syria faces a daunting road ahead as it looks to unite a vast coalition of rebel groups and appeal to Western nations concerned about whether the country ...

Qamishli (Syria) (AFP) – Kurdish authorities have made overtures to Islamist-led rebels who seized power in Syria last week, but the long-oppressed community fears it could lose hard-won gains ...

The speed of the Assad dictatorship’s collapse stunned even the opposition. But the result is a power vacuum that Israel and Turkey have already moved to occupy. Ad Policy Celebrations erupted ...

Israel pounded Syria with hundreds of airstrikes Tuesday, eliminating most of the country’s strategic weapons stockpiles in a move officials say will prevent the dangerous weapons from falling ...

When I first saw that one of the several Sunni terrorist groups that had overthrown the Assad regime in Syria had said ... also known by the Arabs as Harem al Sharif. While the parties will ...

After Syrian opposition forces led an offensive that rapidly swept through Syria's major cities in a matter of weeks and ultimately led to the fall of Bashar al-Assad's government, US President ...

An offensive by armed opposition groups that began in northwest Syria on 27 November and quickly spread to other parts of the country, reached the capital, Damascus, early on Sunday morning. By the ...

In most capitals across the Middle East, the news of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s fall sparked immense anxiety. Ankara is not one of them. Rather than worrying about Syria’s prospects after more ...

Massive U.S. airstrikes on Islamic State militants in Syria were meant in part as a message to the group and a move to ensure that it doesn't try to take advantage of the chaos following the ...