(Reuters) - Satellite imagery indicate that 290 cultural heritage sites in Syria , whose history stretches back to the dawn of civilization, have been damaged by its ongoing civil war, the United Nations' training and research arm (UNITAR) said on Tuesday. Syria's heritage spans...

I will do my best to spread hope in Aleppo this Christmas, but it is hard to celebrate when your city is in ruins. Four years ago, Aleppo was a thriving, cosmopolitan place, but everybody has suffered in Syria’s terrible war. The rich have left, the middle classes have...

ISIS has publicly executed a Syrian it accused of planting tracking devices for deadly regime airstrikes, SITE Intelligence reported Saturday. The jihadist group posted footage of the accused being paraded before a crowd but the video deliberately freezes at the point an ISIS fighter pulls...

(Reuters) - Syrian businessmen and trade officials say they are worried the economic lifeline provided by Iran is under strain from plunging oil prices, despite public messages of support from Syria's strongest regional ally. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has relied on...