In the 12th century, the Andalusian poet and traveler Ibn Jubayr described the agricultural lands around Damascus as “the ...

The offensive killed more than 48,000 Palestinians before ... gathered in downtown Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, blocked major highways and scuffled with police. In restarting the war, though, Netanyahu ...

The offensive killed more than 48,000 Palestinians before the January ceasefire ... have regularly gathered in downtown Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, blocked major highways and scuffled with police. In ...

A war monitor reported one person killed, with Syrian state media saying the strike had targeted a building in the capital. Islamic Jihad fought alongside Hamas against Israel in Gaza before a ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Thousands ... Arab dictators known as the 2011 Arab Spring, before Assad crushed the largely peaceful protests and a civil war erupted. Half a million people have been killed ...

(SANA via AP) (Uncredited) BERLIN – Germany's foreign minister reopened its embassy in Damascus on Thursday, 13 years after it was shut in the early days of Syria’s civil war, saying that ...