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

Some who left the country in successive waves of emigration have felt drawn back to aid recovery efforts after the bloody and ...

Joseph Yacoub, a specialist in Eastern Christians, examines Syria’s historical identity, highlighting its neglected Christian ...

Israeli snipers kill and wound Palestinians near Gaza border as raid on Nur Shams kills pregnant woman and her baby.

Maps are ubiquitous—on phones, in-flight and car displays, and in textbooks the world over. While some maps delineate and ...

The former rebel stronghold of Jobar points to the challenges facing the new government as it embarks on rebuilding a broken country.

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

An Indonesian woman who felt duped into joining the Islamic State’s ”caliphate“ in Syria tells TIME of the challenges of ...