At a military base in northeast Syria, Roksan Mohammed recalled joining the battle against Islamic State group jihadists. "We ...

Damascus is hosting its first international book fair since Bashar Assad fell, and publishers say censorship has almost ...

Industrial ball bearings serve as the raw material for a Damascus knife in this detailed forging journey. Known for their ...

The first book fair since Assad's ouster drew strong crowds, with state news reporting 250,000 attendees on opening day on ...

The special edition of the Damascus International Book Fair draws 1.29 million visitors drew a record 1.29 million visitors, ...

Damascus, Feb. 20 (SANA) Dr. Ibrahim Mahmoud al-Gharibi, a Syrian inventor from Damascus University’s Faculty of Science, won a silver medal at the 16th International Invention Fair in the Middle East ...

Under Mr Assad, publishing houses were regularly forced to pull books from their shelves; intelligence agencies would rifle through new collections. Unflattering biographies of Bashar were not ...

In the post-Assad era, more Jews are visiting a country that some fled decades ago. One hotel restaurant offers a corner ...

(Refiles to add opening quotation mark in paragraph 22) By Feras Dalatey, Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Orhan Qereman and Jonathan ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - As preparations begin for the first convoy of displaced Kurdish families to return to Afrin under a new agreement between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and ...

In a short statement, the defense authority in Damascus said its army assumed control of the facility south of Al Hasakah city. The announcement did not specify when the transfer took place.

DAMASCUS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Owning a copy of Sayyid Qutb's "Milestones" could land you in jail or worse in Syria when the Assads ruled. But at a Damascus book fair this month, the title by the ...