Syria has faced such transitions before. Unless secular, pro-democracy advocates learn from the past, we risk falling into ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the Syrian uprising, performed in celebration of “Syria’s victory.” ...

"Out beyond ideas of conquest and colonization lies a legacy of knowledge that shaped the world." — Inspired by Rumi India, a ...

With roots dating to the late 19th century, U.S. Steel has produced the materials used for everything from the nation’s bridges and skyscrapers, to its tanks and battleships. Following is a brief ...

A silent crowd gathered in the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday to press the new authorities about the fate of relatives who went missing under Bashar al-Assad and to demand justice for their ...

"Our problem is not with Israel," Governor of Damascus Maher Marwan, appointed by the new administration in Syria, tells NPR. "We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's ...

Israel has also seized more territory beyond the already occupied Golan Heights area on the Syrian border with impunity and struck Syrian military targets in Damascus ... his history as a jihadist ...

Damascus, Syria – The Ghouta area east of Damascus witnessed some of the most vicious and sustained fighting of the Syrian civil war, including deadly chemical weapons attacks launched by ousted ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... killed hundreds of people near the country’s capital, Damascus, says the ordeal they experienced haunts them to ...

Hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets in Christian neighborhoods of Damascus after a Christmas tree burning heightened fears that the overthrow of former President Bashar al-Assad ...