For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the heart of Syria's capital Damascus, carefully passing their thumbs over the ...

Russia is planning to hold high-level contacts with Syria in the near future, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on ...

There are two versions of Sayyida Zaynab, the suburb south of Damascus and home to a shrine for a revered Muslim figure. One ...

Assad’s regime in Syria and its replacement by Islamist leadership under Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), it is clear that ...

This briefing featured Gönül Tol, Senior Fellow at MEI and the author of Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria. The briefing also featured Ibrahim Al-Assil, Senior Fellow at MEI, ...

Over the last 15 years, the Middle East has been racked by war, destruction, and displacement. Hundreds of thousands of ...

In November 2017, after a lengthy meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping, Donald Trump boasted that he and Xi can solve ...

The mounting chaos in Homs exemplifies the challenge Mr Sharaa faces all over Syria. His government must ensure the safety of ...

Or is every bomb dropped, every missile launched, every bullet fired at children by Israel’s snipers, every threat to commit ...

Assad’s ouster has seen his Iranian allies end crucial oil supplies. Meanwhile, many economic sanctions that initially ...

Ankara and Damascus are working on a plan for defense cooperation, according to a Turkish official, who added that Turkey's ...

Although Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede reacted to Trump with the ...