Firefighting efforts have been hampered by the presence of mines and unexploded ordnance left over from the civil war, as the country grapples with the worst drought in decades.

During Syria’s civil war, the Islamic State captured a large chunk of eastern Syrian and ruled over it for years. A U.S.-led ...

President Trump signed an executive order this week lifting most sanctions on Syria. Ahead of that action, U.S. officials ...

With developing nations crushed by unaffordable borrowing and Washington on the sidelines, some leaders are brokering debt ...

In a major policy shift, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday lifting most American sanctions on Syria. The move comes after the fall of the Assad regime and the rise of a ...

U.S. officials said sanctions against targets such as its central bank would end, but they would remain on Syria’s former ...

President Trump on Monday signed an executive order dismantling a series of sanctions on Syria, providing more relief to the ...

The fall of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened a window for wealthy Gulf countries to expand their influence as ...

US President announced during his visit to Riyadh last month that he would be giving Syria near-total sanctions relief ...

Once seen as a modernizer, Bashar al-Assad’s leadership quickly descended into authoritarianism, marked by mass repression and a devastating civil war. This video traces his ascent to power ...

After one of the most brutal wars of this century, a new Syria is rising from the disastrous legacy of the toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad. His photos have been torn from the walls, as people ...