Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving ...

Once-thriving landmarks like the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval Crusader castle of Crac des Chevaliers remain ...

For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the ...

As Rabbi Yusuf Hamra and his son Henry were visiting Damascus this week for the first time since emigrating from Syria to the United States more than three decades ago, they were met by former neighbo ...

a huge drop from the $18.5 billion that the International Monetary Fund estimated Syria had in 2010, a year before civil war erupted. Russia, which later intervened on Assad's behalf in the war ...

The central bank only has foreign exchange reserves of around $200 million in cash, sources told Reuters, a huge drop from the $18.5 billion that the International Monetary Fund estimated Syria had in ...

Aljamal was born in the United States but lived in Barzeh, a town north of Damascus, for several years before the ... pride in her Syrian roots; she learned Arabic alongside English and spent summers ...

JAKARTA: With his back to the scorching morning sun, Abu Ilyas - not his real name - casts a dark silhouette during a video call with CNA from Jakarta. From his mobile phone camera, several ...

Before the civil war, tourism reportedly accounted for 14% of Syria’s GDP. With a history stretching back to antiquity, tourists were drawn to ancient sites like Palmyra, a Greco-Roman city ...

The head of a rebel group is now the head of Syria. How will he lead a country destroyed by civil war and sectarianism? NPR found clues in a region in northern Syria, where he governed for years.