After the fall of Syria's despotic Assad regime, life is slowly returning to one Damascus neighborhood, where the violence and painful memories of the past are still literally being unearthed.

Despite Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster last month in a lightning insurgency, the country’s dire economic conditions haven't changed ...

Police they brought into Damascus from their ... a role Islam might play in Syria's constitution, which the former rebel faction now in power plans to revise, said one diplomat, who was not ...

Chaiban's visit, which included meetings with Caretaker Authorities in Damascus ... Abdo, Chaiban said, "is one of many affected children in Syria." Children learn about the risks of unexploded ...

NAWA, Syria — As insurgents raced across Syria ... of parties that there might be an agreement that … no one would enter Damascus so there could be an agreement on the exit of Bashar Assad ...

Many simply ... a bribe as he entered Syria. “No one asked me anything,” said Imam, a mental health and addiction counselor. “The only word was welcome.” From Damascus, he called his ...

Hamas has announced the names of the next four hostages it will release this weekend as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel.

(AP) — Hamas announced Friday the names of the next four hostages it plans to release this weekend as part of a fragile ceasefire deal with Israel that has paused the war in Gaza. There was no ...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA - “Here’s a good first line for you,” says VOA photojournalist Yan Boechat as we drive up to a former ruling ...

The second batch of Israeli hostages set to be released by Hamas this weekend are four female soldiers. That's according to ...

The families of hostages freed under the long-awaited Israel-Hamas ceasefire on Sunday have spoken for the first time since ...