Syria’s tiny Jewish community said they held their first group prayer in decades Wednesday, in a synagogue in Damascus’s Old City, expressing joy at the long-awaited return to public worship. In the Faranj synagogue, Syrian-American Rabbi Yusuf Hamra led the prayer for the first time...

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met Iran's president and supreme leader as he arrived in Tehran on Wednesday for an official visit. The emir was welcomed at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport by Iranian Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi and other senior officials, his office,...

Seven civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed Thursday when leftover munitions exploded inside a house in northwest Syria, a war monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the deadly blast a day after another organization said two-thirds of Syrians risked...

A human rights organization called on the Syrian and Lebanese governments to take urgent measures to end the suffering of Syrian detainees in Lebanon, where the number of detainees is estimated at about 2,000 people, including about 190 detainees for their participation in the Syrian...