With the country's new transitional government now in place, there are hopes this famous old city will begin to recover.

Three months after the overthrow of President Bashar Assad, Syria is at a crossroads, the top U.N. envoy for the country says. Geir Pedersen told the U.N.

When Syria's new leaders shut 60 Damascus bars, drinkers protested, and the government reversed itself. It's an example of ...

This year, the Eid has witnessed a remarkable revival of homemade Eid sweets, especially “Ma’amoul”—a dessert that embodies the spirit of Syrian heritage. This resurgence comes amid a public ...

ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — Scores of U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters left two neighborhoods in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo Friday ...

When former leader Bashar al-Assad fell, new Syria war crimes investigations began. But U.S. budget cuts have halted some work. For families of the disappeared, it means justice delayed or denied.

The conservative Muslim rebels who ousted Syria's dictator late last year had arrived to shut down the trendy cocktail bar Mahmoud runs in the Old City of Damascus. Two government agents placed an ...