The Syrian capital's tiny tourist train is returning puffs of hope to a city encircled by war with short trips to the greener suburbs of Damascus. The train, whose large yellow wagon and leather seats can hold 100 people, had stopped running since the 2011 outbreak...

(By Lama Shammas; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) A “Security card” is the latest invention of the Syrian regime for people live in Damascus, which protects its owner from being humiliated and annoyed at the regimes barriers.  Fees for getting the Security Card is $.600 are paid...

(Reuters) - A demonstration by Israeli Jews of Ethiopian origin against police brutality turned violent on Thursday, with police using water canon to keep angry crowds away from the prime minister's residence. At least 13 people were injured and two police officers and five protesters...

Islamist rebels and Syrian army troops on Thursday were engaged in heavy fighting in Syria's northwestern Latakia province in areas close to President Bashar al Assad's ancestral home, the army and rebels said. An army source told state news agency SANA fighter jets hit...