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Shiite pilgrims from Syria and abroad used to flock to the Sayyida Zeinab shrine outside of Damascus every year to commemorate Ashoura, a solemn day marking the 7th-century martyrdom of the ...

It was exactly a week after the Assad regime fell in Syria last December, and Damascus was euphoric. My colleague and I came across a bar in the center of the city called Sugar Man.

Syria's Interior Ministry says the sleeper cell behind a deadly church explosion near Damascus belonged to the Islamic State group. It also said Tuesday the group had plans to target a Shiite ...

DAMASCUS, Syria -- A U.S. envoy said Wednesday that Syria's central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the latest round of talks, a persistent ...

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has warned Kurdish and other groups in Syria against seeking autonomy. Speaking on Tuesday, he said any attempt to divide Syria would threaten ...

Churches across Syria held funeral services for the victims of the suicide bombing that targeted St. Elias Church in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Sunday.

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Clashes between local militias and clans in Syria’s Sweida province have killed more than 30 people and injured nearly 100, and government forces were being sent to the area ...

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A U.S. envoy says that Syria's central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the latest round of talks.