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While Syrian authorities initially blamed the attack on ISIS, a group calling itself “Saraya Ansar al-Sunna” quickly claimed ...

The 7th century C.E. Arab and Arabized conquerors later had the audacity, as is occurring right up to present times, to ...

Rail travel once linked Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, until war and air traffic shut it down. Now, major reconstruction plans aim to revive it over the next 15 years ...

The fall of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened a window for wealthy Gulf countries to expand their influence as ...

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Türkiye would not face immediate disruptions if the Strait of Hormuz were closed, thanks to alternative energy supply routes ...

An Islamic State sleeper cell carried out a devastating church bombing near Damascus, with plans to target a Shiite shrine, according to Syria's Interior Ministry. The blast killed at least 25 people ...

Baba also said that the church attacker was not Syrian, without specifying his nationality, and came to Damascus with another suicide bomber from the al-Hol camp in the northeast, which hosts ...

In a shocking development, residents of Damascus were startled by a large explosion, which sent plumes of smoke spiraling into the sky on the western fringes of the city. The event has left citizens ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — The sleeper cell behind a deadly church bombing near Damascus belonged to the Islamic State group, which had plans to target a Shiite shrine in a similar attack, Syria 's ...