At least three women were killed and five children injured in a stampede in the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Friday, the Syrian civil defence said.

This year is starting as 2024 ended: in a tangle of overlapping conflicts.

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When dictatorships collapse, global shock waves ensue. Recall early in 2010, when Arab and African dictators and military ...

Behrouz Esbati said he partially blamed Russia for the fall of Assad's government, in a rare break from Iran's official line ...

Russia has launched a new offensive on Kyiv, the Ukrainian military reported late Wednesday (Jan 8). Of the 64 Shahed-type drones, Ukraine air defence has reportedly shot down 41 with 22 enemy decoy ...

Ukraine is capitalising on its strategic asset – grain exports – to carve out a diplomatic foothold in Syria, a longtime ally ...

The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad landed Tuesday at the ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced plans to restore diplomatic relations and enhance cooperation with Syria following the recent overthrow of the Russia-backed government in ...

Syria has been a work in progress, a nation to be rebuilt, since the downfall of its autocratic president, Bashar al-Assad, a ...

Bread lines have become a feature of the new Syria, posing a critical challenge to the country's rebel rulers who ousted President Bashar al-Assad last month.