A visit to the souk in the old city in the Syrian capital of Damascus tell us a lot about the state of the country's current economy.

The U.N. organization assisting in investigating the most serious crimes in Syria says the country’s new authorities were ...

Israel’s defense minister has confirmed that Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader last summer and is threatening to take ...

“The fate of the hostages is contingent upon the Israeli army advancing just hundreds of meters in some of the areas under ...

Bel Trew spent days travelling across Syria – from Aleppo in the north, to the capital Damascus and Deraa in the south – ...

The BBC's Barbara Plett-Usher says she has heard gunfire and explosions but it is "relatively calm" in Damascus, after rebels took control of the Syrian capital. President Assad is said to have ...

Russia is moving a large amount of military equipment in Syria, signalling preparations for a partial withdrawal, analysts ...

An Israeli strike in Gaza killed at least eight people from the same family, most of them women and children, Palestinian ...

The Israeli military hit weapons depots and air defenses, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Israel has ...

The Church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908, we’ve aimed “to injure no man, but to bless all mankind,” as our founder ...

An American who disappeared seven months ago into former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s notorious prison system says he was ...

Tens of thousands of Syrians have converged at the landmark Umayyad Mosque in the capital Damascus to celebrate the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, as world leaders held meetings to discuss ...