US presidents have piled up penalties over the years on the autocratic family that previously controlled Syria, and those ...

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country, the United States, Syria and Iraq have formed a working group to try ...

In a country ravaged by war and poverty, citizens have emerged from the repression of the Assad regime — and taken up metal detecting ...

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Kurdish demands for regional autonomy have emerged as one of the main fault lines in the new Syria, opposed by interim ...

A shrine on the outskirts of Damascus has long been a prominent destination for Shias from around the world. Its golden dome glistens in the sun and the outer walls are covered in tiles from Iran. But ...

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Across the Levant in the 15th century B.C., cities were rising up against freshly-installed pharaoh Thutmose III. It would be ...