A Reuters investigation found 40 distinct sites of killings, looting and arson during three days of sectarian massacres ...

A Reuters investigation pieced together how three days of massacres against Syrian Alawites unfolded, identifying a chain of command leading from the attackers directly to men who serve alongside ...

Spotting a rare foreigner in the southern Syrian city of Nawa, Khalil approaches with a business proposal: bring him a “very ...

It was just another bombing in a complicated corner of the Middle East, but this one was important — the Associated Press ...

Christians from both Eastern Catholic and Orthodox backgrounds face threats that put their entire future at risk.

Syrian authorities on Monday announced arrests over a suicide blast targeting a church blamed on the Islamic State group, as ...

After decades of dictatorship and 13 years of civil war, can Syria put itself back together? Our journalists traveled the ...

DAMASCUS -- Syrian security forces said on Monday they had arrested the perpetrators behind Sunday's deadly suicide bombing at a Damascus church, in what officials described as a swift and coordinated ...

At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila ...

At the Iraqi Site of Assur, Ancient History Stands at Risk of Destruction. In its time, ... The Race to Save Syria's Archaeological Treasures. February 16, 2016.

Syrian rebels seized Damascus on Sunday, and long-time President Bashar Assad fled the battle-scarred country amid the stunning collapse of his regime after 13 years of war. Assad and his family ...

Damascus, Syria, holds the record as the world's oldest continuously inhabited city, surviving for over 11,000 years. Despite ...