Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday looked to portray himself as a dedicated "custodian" of his nation who remained fighting "against the terrorist onslaught" before being forced to ...

The Jewish community was not targeted during the overthrow of the Assad regime by rebel groups last week, a member of Damascus's tiny Jewish community told KAN news on Saturday. The source told ...

DAMASCUS (AP) — Exuberant Syrians observed the first Friday prayers since the ouster of President Bashar Assad, gathering in the capital’s historic main mosque, its largest square and around ...

At Umayyad Square in central Damascus, tens of thousands of people had the party of a lifetime on Friday. Filling the roundabout to the brink, they partied late into the evening, celebrating the ...

It was a record year for dengue fever, a disease transmitted by mosquitoes. The Americas have amassed about 12.7 million cases as of early December. That’s about 90 percent of the roughly 14 ...

Dec. 12 (UPI) --Travis Timmerman, a missing American from Missouri, was freed from a Syrian prison and found Thursday outside of Damascus trying to make his way out of the country on foot.

Advisors who are trying to give their clients some peace of mind after a long-running rally in US stocks may be introducing them to defined-outcome ETFs, or buffer funds. So, what are the pros and ...

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The cyclical nature of power. The centuries-old unabated contestation on the socio-political turf of Damascus has defined its character. The current developments in Syria, therefore, ought to be ...

Instead, he was detained upon arrival at Damascus International Airport, and disappeared into the prison system once again. On Tuesday, relatives in Damascus identified his body among around 40 ...

DAMASCUS, Syria—Rebel fighters and civilians strolled through the grounds of Bashar al-Assad’s presidential palace on Tuesday, stepping on shredded posters of the former dictator who had fled ...