All told, despite sectarian divisions, Syrians are surprisingly upbeat. Except for Alawites, three-quarters of whom want ...

For the first time in a decade, Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini returned this month to Syria, the country whose civil war she ...

Over the weekend, the interim Syrian government announced a new set of 23 cabinet ministers, who are to run the country for the next five years until elections can be held. At a ceremony in the Syrian ...

A woman walks past damaged apartment buildings in Daraya, Syria, Wednesday March 12 ... Still, “there’s sadness,” he added.

Sahar Diab had visited Damascus’ famed Umayyad Mosque previously. But as the Syrian lawyer went there to pray during her ...

For the first time, Syria has named a female to the post of vice president. SANA reported Thursday that former minister, Dr. Najah al-Attar took the oath of office before President Bashar al-Assad ...

In a special edition, we focus on Syria, a nation emerging from decades of a brutal dictatorship. The country's interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has signed a constitutional declaration, laying out ...

There’s something magical about a woman with a beautiful soul. It’s not about her physical beauty, but something deeper, something that radiates from within. A woman with a beautiful soul ...

Syria’s military fired rockets and shells at Lebanon on Sunday after accusing Iran-backed Hezbollah of executing three Syrian army personnel, sparking unusual tensions between the two war ...

Syrian human rights activist Ribal al-Assad tore into Europe for lifting sanctions against the nation’s new "terrorist" regime, which he warned is no better than his first cousin, ousted leader ...

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