Syrians are once again picnicking and smoking shisha amid the ruins of ancient Palmyra, once desecrated by extremists but still awe-inspiring, and open to the public following the overthrow of ...

The Cubs bolstered their rotation depth in the offseason and apparently will need it early in camp, as one of their starters ...

Lebanese army stepped up security measures along the border, increasing the number of checkpoints, surveillance and patrols ...

Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said in an interview released Monday that "thousands" of people were joining the ...

The election of General Joseph Aoun as president of Lebanon ended a two-year stalemate in which the position was vacant, and Lebanon basically had ...

Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described ...

Assad is dealing with oblique soreness and will undergo imaging Monday, Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune reports. It's not clear when Assad was injured, but the tweak is bad enough that he's ...

The war in Ukraine has foreclosed on options and blunted Russian action around the world.

Vladimir Putin offering refuge to ex-Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad in Moscow is undermining Russia’s talks to keep its forces ...

Western sanctions on Syria's banking sector are preventing critical investments in the war-ravaged economy despite huge ...

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