Syria's new authorities are using Islamic teachings to train a fledgling police force, a move officers say aims to instil a ...

The Muhajireen presidential palace in central Damascus, one of the Syrian capital's most beautiful architectural landmarks, ...

The move to put religion at the center of policing risks seeding new rifts in a diverse country awash with guns after 13 years of civil war and alienating foreign governments they have been trying ...

CAIRO - Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud will visit Damascus on Friday and meet with top officials in the new Syrian administration, a Syrian official said on Thursday.

When Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria, merchants like Youssef Rajab kept much of their imported stock hidden for fear of arrest ...

Assad, the ophthalmologist-turned-dictator who ruled Syria with an iron fist. This video examines his early promises of ...

These horrifying images lay bare the torture regime operated by recently deposed Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The photographs chillingly show the inhumane conditions inside the ‘Air Force Intelligence ...

Turkey has emerged as one of the most influential power brokers in Syria after rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last month, ...

With its chic galleries, dimly lit bars and smoky cafés, Damascus’ vibrant cultural scene is flourishing again. But will this ...

Spain raised its flag at Madrid's Damascus embassy Thursday, in the presence of its top diplomat more than a decade after ...

Often mysterious, the graffiti preserves fragments of what the anonymous inmates were thinking as they faced torture and death.