Syrian Kurdish parties will send a delegation to Damascus soon for talks over their region's political future, a leading ...

Syria's capital, Damascus, is suffering from its worst water shortages in years as a result of the lowest rainfall in more ...

A man looks at photos of disappeared people at Marjeh Square, known as Martyrs' Square, in Damascus, Syria, in January. (Photos by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) Neighbors and colleagues ...

Image Eli Cohen, far left, listening as he is sentenced to death by a special military court in Damascus, Syria, in 1965.Credit...Associated Press Mr. Cohen was born in Alexandria, Egypt ...

Syrian Defense Minister Gen. Marhaf Abu Qasra met with an official British delegation led by political advisor Charles Smith in Damascus. A meeting between British political advisor Charles Smith ...

He grew up in Damascus, the capital of Syria, according to Thomas Warrick, an international lawyer and a former Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary for counterterrorism.

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s defense minister on Saturday gave holdout armed groups a 10-day deadline to join the war-torn country’s forces, in the latest push to unify ranks following Bashar ...

Visitors watch the dry main reservoir of the spring in Ein el-Fijeh, Barada Valley, Syria, Thursday, May 8, 2025. The Ein el-Fijeh spring, the main source of water for Damascus, is almost dry and ...

(DAMASCUS, SYRIA) — He’s a former al-Qaeda insurgent who fought against U.S. forces in Iraq and served time in the infamous Abu Ghraib prison. Still, on Wednesday, new Syrian President Ahmad ...

Lifting sanctions and normalizing ties with Syria now raises questions about the future of displaced Syrians, as many have become refugees in Europe or surrounding Arab states. Despite Damascus ...

DAMASCUS - Syria's defence minister has called on small armed groups that have yet to merge with the security apparatus to do so within 10 days or face unspecified measures, in a bid to ...

DAMASCUS - Syria will set up commissions for justice and missing persons tasked with probing crimes committed during the rule of the Assad family, compensating victims and finding thousands of ...