Assad’s fall in December, prominent Sunni religious leaders returned from exile to counter the dominant Salafist influence, ...

But Syria is not yet prepared for large-scale returns. Host countries must wait until returns can be safe, dignified and ...

Crossing the border from Jordan on Dec. 29, one North Jersey man had tears in his eyes. “I hugged the first Syrian person I ...

The final phase of the conflict in Syria will be about the control of the Euphrates. The territory on the eastern side of the river is under the effe ...

The Assad dynasty crumbled in mere weeks under a coordinated opposition offensive starting in late November 2024. The ...

Mohamed Khairullah crossed the border into Syria and headed straight to the Rawdah Mosque ... to Damascus and walked the streets for hours. In the morning, he joined crowds in Umayyad Square ...

As Pope Francis appoints Cardinal George Koovakad as Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, the Indian-born ...

The Syrian wing of the PKK terrorist group faces uncertainty over its future while its main ally, the U.S., seeks a way out ...

Charity should never cost lives, yet time and again it does. Crowds gathering for food distribution in some of the world’s ...

Visiting the Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque are essential on any Istanbul itinerary—but visiting a mosque for the first time as a non-Muslim can seem a little daunting. You don’t want to commit ...