Yarmouk, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, was once the de facto capital of the Palestinian diaspora. It was devastated ...

The fighting has stopped in the southern city of Sweida, three weeks after a deadly eruption of violence. But the area ...

A study published in the journal Tectonics has provided new insights into the forces that cause tectonic movements in ...

Mission Support Site Green Village, H2 and Mission Support Site Euphrates, sometimes referred to as the Conoco gas field.

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Google admits its earthquake alert system failed to warn 10 million people of Turkey disaster - Tech giant says nearly 10 million people did not receive highest-level warning from its Android Earthqua ...

Location history for this earthquake. The automatic earthquake location system makes many locations for each quake. Not all quakes have a location history.

Following deadly clashes against the Druze and Alawites minorities, and amid the planned dissolution of the Kurdish PKK, Syria's Kurds are at a critical juncture. To what extent do Turkey, Israel ...

Is Israel Using the Druze to Redraw Syria's Map? | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G A massive Israeli airstrike rocked Damascus, hitting Syria’s Defence Ministry HQ—right in the middle of a live news ...

Even if it does not, the incident seems a grim turning-point in Syria’s transition. It has reinforced fears that the state is incapable of protecting minority groups. It may also have ripple effects ...

Today, Damascus‑based journalist Heidi Pett speaks on the latest in this conflict – and how it could redraw the map of Syria.