Abu Ali, who is a metal worker as his day job, said most Druze militiamen would merge with ... They were heavily involved in ...

Hama, now in modern-day Syria, was first occupied around 6,500 B.C. and was strategically positioned along communication routes that contributed to its longevity into the years of the Ottoman Empire.

Ministers and representatives from Western partners, as well as Syria’s regional neighbors, other Arab countries and United ...

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In 2010, oil accounted for 20% of Syria's GDP, half of its exports and more than 50% of state revenues. The country's oil production stood at 390,000 barrels per day but drastically declined ...

The massacre has long been studied but its causes remain misunderstood. Greater Syria, a province of the Ottoman Empire that included modern-day Syria and Lebanon, was among the most ethnically and ...

The power is on in most neighbourhoods for only an hour or two a day. Syria’s generating capacity has dropped from nine gigawatts in 2010 to less than two today. The power plants that are still ...

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Visiting historic synagogues and praying with Torah scrolls that had remained intact through the country’s brutal, 14-year civil war, these Jews were celebrating a homecoming. Syrian Rabbi ...

The government has tried to play down sectarian tensions. A total of 48 people were killed in fighting between Syrian security forces and pro-Assad fighters on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for ...