Israel launched a missile attack on western and central Syria Sunday night, killing three soldiers and wounding three others, the Syrian military said in a statement. The Syrian army said Israel’s military targeted several positions in the coastal province of Tartus and suburbs of...

Israeli shelling wounded two civilians in southern Syria’s Quneitra province near the occupied Golan Heights on Friday, state media in the war-torn country said. “Two civilians were wounded when a tank belonging to the Israeli occupation forces fired two shells near the village of...

Returning to their orchards after years of war, Syrian pistachio farmers hoping to revive their valuable crop have had their hopes dashed by scorched trees and the ravages of climate change. Laden with maroon-colored bunches of nuts that are harvested in summer, the pistachio tree is known...

By Baria Alamuddin  Two years after Beirut’s port catastrophe — which was an apt metaphor for the wider state of Lebanon —the port’s huge grain silos continue to disintegrate and toxic fires feed upon their decomposing contents, terrorizing locals and prompting fears about...