An ancient town in Syria is one of the world’s few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have used ...

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 ...

For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the ...

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 ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — An official with the committee preparing a national dialogue conference in Syria to help chart the country’s future said Friday that it has not been decided whether the ...