NPR's Jane Arraf climbs aboard a makeshift tourist train in Damascus, repurposed from spreading regime propaganda to a messy celebration of the new Syria. This segment airs on March 3, 2025. Audio ...

Syria’s interim Ministry of Religious Endowments reportedly called for all restaurants, coffee shops and street food stands ...

File: Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt shakes hands with Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu ...

A newly uncovered document at the Alliance Museum, a virtual museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Jewish ...

For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry returned to a synagogue in the heart of Syria's capital Damascus.

When Rabbi Asher Lopatin arrived two weeks ago in Syria for the first time, he was concerned, given the uncertain security ...

DAMASCUS: Some restaurants and coffee shops in Syria were closed during the day on Saturday while others opened as usual as ...

From a Bond villain lair in the rugged heights overlooking Damascus, the all-seeing eye of a notorious Syrian military unit ...

Muslims in the Middle East are observing the holy month of Ramadan under exceptional circumstances. Ramadan is seen as a time ...

Clashes between forces affiliated with Syria ‘s new rulers and local gunmen from the minority Druze community killed one ...

Now to Syria - many things have changed there since the Regime of Bashar al-Assad fell in December. NPR's Jane Arraf climbed on board the victory train in Damascus. It was once a propaganda tool for ...

There has been a major development in an armed conflict that has raged for decades between Turkey and a Turkish Kurdish group. The group's founder has called for followers to disarm and dissolve.