Israel’s defense minister says “all hell will break loose” if Hamas does not release three hostages as planned this weekend.

Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, ...

In July last year, two years after Jamila’s son Mohammed was killed, gunmen came for Tariq, another of her four sons, and her ...

Before joining the military and building an Alawite caste around himself, Hafez al-Assad was a fervent supporter of the ...

In Arabic, Assad means “lion,” although that wasn’t his real name. Hafez, Bashar’s father, had adopted it to look strong. Hasan was born in the northeastern Syrian city of Manbij, 18 years before the ...

By the end of 2012, the SAA was on the back foot, with rebels holding parts of every major city including Damascus, Idlib ...

The arrival of the first top Russian diplomat in Damascus since Bashar al-Assad’s fall kicks off negotiations over the fate ...

A new leader chosen after the fall of Assad The Assad family’s 54-year rule in Syria came to an end in early December when ...

It also boasts elements — like a Reeve Integral Lock and inlayed titanium handle — that harken to one of the most legendary knives of all time ... end Barlow knife. The ball-bearing clip-point blade, ...

Officials in Syria's caretaker government were left with a state in ruins. Some fear they aren't moving fast enough to fix it ...

With Syria's corruption-ridden economy in shambles after the overthrow of Bashar Assad, the caretaker government’s priority ...

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim landed in Damascus on Thursday, Qatari state media said, the first Arab head of state to visit ...