DAMASCUS, Syria — When Syrian insurgents rode victorious into Damascus late last year, their rebel leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, was relying, in part, on thousands of foreign fighters to help overthrow ...

TEL AVIV — The Israeli Air Force on Thursday struck the headquarters of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization in Damascus, Syria, amid ongoing instability in the country following the ...

It's been weeks since rebels toppled the Assad regime in Syria and formed a new interim government. That government is already facing a serious challenge - bread lines, as NPR's Diaa Hadid reports ...

The deaths of three Americans over the weekend in Syria in what military has said was an ISIS attack against the U.S. has brought a grim reminder about the deadly threat extremist groups in the region ...

Syria is continuing to focus on attracting foreign investment as it seeks to be reintegrated into the global financial system, but the country’s damaged banking sector poses a challenge for US ...

As sectarian tensions rise in Syria following the collapse of the Assad regime, a minority sect fears for its future amid calls for mass slaughter. The feeling is a new one for the Alawites, a group ...