View from Yarmouk camp ... As with the journalists in the mosque, her appearance at the meeting had been a total surprise. They knew Sharaa was seeking to reassure them he wouldn’t restrict women’s ...

Even in Lebanese villages that incurred heavy losses during Hezbollah's war with Israel, support for the militant group ...

For Syrians observing Ramadan, this Muslim holy month is their first in their homeland since the end of the Assad family's ...

Syria's membership in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was reinstated, the OIC announced in a statement on Saturday. The decision was taken during an extraordinary meeting of the OIC ...

By Euan Ward Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon. Syria’s new government has adopted a temporary constitution that concentrates much power in the hands of the interim president and retains Islamic ...

A flag adopted by the new Syrian rulers in the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria. The Canadian government on Wednesday announced plans to ease sanctions on Syria during what it called a period of ...

It is ironic that during Harmony Week, three online violent threats were directed at mosques in Sydney — which caused many ...

DAMASCUS, March 13 (Reuters) - Syria kept a central role for Islamic law in a constitutional declaration issued on Thursday which guarantees women's rights and freedom of expression during a five ...

They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly. The announcement came on the same day as the first visit by Syria’s top diplomat to Iraq, during which the ...