DUBAI (Reuters) -Two people were killed and at least 70 injured in an explosion in the Idlib countryside of northwestern Syria, the state news agency SANA said on Thursday. Raed Al-Sale, Syria’s ...

Syria Declares Cease-Fire After a Week of Upheaval Sectarian-tinged clashes left hundreds dead and attracted Israeli military intervention. A U.S. envoy said Israel and Syria had agreed to a truce.

The value of Syria’s currency sank during the war like a cannonball in the sea, so such transactions yielded lots and lots of cash. At the start of our trip, I exchanged $1,000 and was given ...