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The longtime enemies have opened contacts, reflecting a power shift across a Middle East in which they have newfound common ...

Swathes of forested area and farmland have burnt, some villages evacuated as fires raged, including near the Turkish border.

Syria battles catastrophic wildfires in Latakia, burning 100 km² of forest; international aid from Jordan, Turkey, and the UN ...

Massive wildfires have torn through Syria’s coastal mountain region of Jabal Turkman since Thursday, destroying thousands of ...

Britain reestablished full diplomatic relations with Syria on Saturday, more than a decade after cutting ties, as Foreign ...

Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad. Once ...

Britain reestablished full diplomatic relations with Syria on Saturday, more than a decade after cutting ties, as Foreign ...

A Reuters investigation found 40 distinct sites of killings, looting and arson during three days of sectarian massacres ...

Syria's foreign ministry described the attack as "a desperate attempt to undermine national coexistence". At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a suicide attack on a church in Damascus ...

At least 25 people have been killed and 63 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack at a church in Damascus, Syria's health ministry has said. A man opened fire with a weapon at the Greek Orthodox ...