American Jews who fled their Syrian homeland decades ago went to the White House this week to appeal to the Trump administration to lift sanctions on Syria that they say are blocking them from restoring some of the world's oldest synagogues and rebuilding the country's decimated Jewish community.

Thousands of Jews left Syria in 1992, when they were allowed to emigrate. The visit by a small delegation of U.S.-based Syrian Jewish religious figures last week was their first time back since then.

Trout Days and the DAM 200 motorcycle ride are two events that are scheduled to take place in Damascus later this year to benefit Helene recovery efforts.

A suburb of Damascus is at the center of the new Syrian government's struggle for control. Now, Israel is threatening to intervene due to unrest there, turning this into an international incident.

DAMASCUS, Syria - In the days after the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, rescue workers began to receive calls about the trail of bodies that his loyalists had left in people’s homes.

It's the first Ramadan for many Syrians spent without the Assad dynasty ruling the country in over half a century.

Israel’s defense minister says minority Druze in Jaramana a town south of Damascus, were under attack from the new Syrian regime and that he ordered Israeli forces to be poised to help protect them if necessary.

More than 1,000 Syrians died in detention at a military airport on the outskirts of Damascus, killed by execution, torture or maltreatment at a site that was widely feared, according to a report to be published Thursday tracing the deaths to seven suspected grave sites.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Fighters loyal to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad mounted a deadly, well-planned attack on government forces on Thursday, authorities said, in some of the worst violence agai

The conflict poses a challenge for the new interim president as he tries to unify Syria and extend his authority over the entire country.

The Israeli army said it struck “military targets in southern Syria, including command centres and multiple sites containing weapons”, without specifying exact locations. Resi