With its chic galleries, dimly lit bars and smoky cafés, Damascus’ vibrant cultural scene is flourishing again. But will this ...

Turkey has emerged as one of the most influential power brokers in Syria after rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last month, ...

Syrian phone shop owner Abdel Razzaq Hamra was thrilled to finally be working in peace after years of being harassed and ...

A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the ...

Languishing in a dungeon cell of Syria’s then-ruler Bashar Assad, an unknown prisoner scrawled a verse of Arabic poetry on ...

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...

Assad, the ophthalmologist-turned-dictator who ruled Syria with an iron fist. This video examines his early promises of ...

The rebel alliance that took power has vowed to prosecute senior figures from the ousted government, but accountability will ...

Often mysterious, the graffiti preserves fragments of what the anonymous inmates were thinking as they faced torture and death.

The new Syria is a land of firsts: for the first time many Syrians are openly criticising the authorities, sharing stories of ...

Syrians returned on Wednesday to the national museum in Damascus, reopened for the first time since Islamist-led forces ...