A decade since the start of the popular uprising, the Syrian lira is in an unprecedented freefall after years of armed conflict, an economic crisis in neighboring Lebanon, deep-seated corruption and cronyism, and Western economic sanctions targeting Syrian government officials as well as...

Syrian Christians gathered Sunday in a church in Damascus amidst a second Easter under coronavirus pandemic restrictions. Church goers wore masks and attempted to social distance in one of the biggest Christian holidays of the year. Jimmy Babek, a scout at Our Lady of Damascus,...

As ethnic militias back the popular uprising and refugees flee the country, the similarities with Syria are deeply disturbing n August 2011, Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s then foreign minister, made a “mercy dash” to Damascus. He appealed in person to Syria’s president, Bashar...

The bodies of three sisters missing in Lebanon have washed up on a Syrian beach and a probe is underway to determine how they drowned, a Lebanese security official said Sunday. The sisters went missing from a village in northern Lebanon on Monday, said the official, adding that Syrian...