Iran and Turkey have summoned each other’s diplomats for discussions after Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan criticized Tehran’s policy of supporting militias in Syria and elsewhere in the region

Maaloula is one of the world's few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have used. The town is also home to Syria's two oldest active

The commander of the Kurdish-led forces that control northeastern Syria said that a call by the leader of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey for the PKK to dissolve did not apply to the group he leads.

Israeli forces have pushed into Syria south of the capital Damascus and said they will remain there indefinitely.

Comics had already been trying to foster stand-up in Syria before Bashar al-Assad’s fall. Now, they are telling jokes in a liberated country, while warily eyeing the new government.

Idlib offers a glimpse of what Syria’s new leaders can create—though it came at a price.

At the Irbil Forum, Iraqi President Latif Rashid reaffirmed Iraq's commitment to supporting Syria's stability and internal reconciliation. He emphasized the importance of democratic changes that reflect the will of all Syrian communities,

Thousands of Jews left Syria in 1992, when they were allowed to emigrate. The visit by a small delegation of U.S.-based Syrian Jewish religious figures last week was their first time back since then.

To encourage democratic development and achieve a peaceful and inclusive political transition, and to aid the swift reconstruction and economic recovery of the country and facilitate its eventual reincorporation into the global financial system,

Their routines included standard comedy fare — religion, sex and the pressure to get married — but the biggest punchline of the night was Assad.