Comics had already been trying to foster stand-up in Syria before Bashar al-Assad’s fall. Now, they are telling jokes in a ...

Church bells echoed across the rocky slopes of this ancient Syrian town on a cold Sunday morning. But few families remained.

Their routines included standard comedy fare — religion, sex and the pressure to get married — but the biggest punchline of ...

Jordan also reproached the strikes.Iran called the latest attacks on Syria “a blatant violation of the UN Charter, ...

Thousands of Jews left Syria in 1992, when they were allowed to emigrate. The visit by a small delegation of U.S.-based ...

The commander of the Kurdish-led forces that control northeastern Syria said that a call by the leader of the militant ...

Kurdish-led authorities in northeast Syria have begun providing oil from local fields they manage to the central government in Damascus, Syrian oil ministry spokesman Ahmed Suleiman told Reuters on ...

Israeli warplanes struck military targets south of Damascus and in Syria’s Daraa province late Tuesday. The attacks targeted sites Israel claims contained weapons, reinforcing its policy to prevent ...

DAMASCUS, Syria—Dust filled the air as Rabbi Yosef Hamra opened a long-sealed closet containing holy scrolls untouched since he last held Jewish services in the centuries-old synagogue three ...

Hassan Al-Khalaf, a 42-year-old pharmacist who fled to Belgium during Syria's war and attended one of the preparatory committee's sessions last week in Damascus, said he had concerns over how far ...

DAMASCUS/SWEIDA, Syria (Reuters) - Hundreds of Syrians will gather in Damascus on Tuesday for a one-day national dialogue conference, billed by the country's Islamist rulers as a key milestone in ...

Netanyahu’s comments Sunday at a military graduation led to new concerns over the Israeli presence, and sway, in a swath of southern Syria as Damascus' new leaders attempt to consolidate control ...