Only seven Jews believed to remain in Syrian capital, once one of the world's largest Jewish communities; New York family seeks to rebuild destroyed synagogues

AIPAC and AJC are taking a cautiously hopeful approach to the new government in Damascus, while Israel is growing increasingly alarmed by the regime

Lawmakers from both parties and policy experts agreed that sanctions should be slowly lifted in exchange for Syrian action on U.S. priorities

Syrians had remained silent about the bodies dumped in countless basements by Assad’s forces. Rescue teams now are moving from home to home excavating remains.

Among the uncertainties facing Syria is the future of U.S. involvement in the country. Since 2014, Washington has backed a de facto autonomous government in northeastern Syria formed principally, but not exclusively,

Russia has sought a rapprochement with Syria’s new rulers, including with an injection of cash for Syria’s central bank.

Laurel Creek was filled with debris from homes washed away by Hurricane Helene’s flooding. However, on Saturday, a group of scouts from Southwest Virginia came together to assist a community in need.

Syria's national dialogue, held in Damascus at the end of February, was intended to chart the country's future, one that would have been unthinkable just three months earlier. However, the process and outcomes of the dialogue were flawed,

The airstrikes targeted a town just south of Damascus and the province of Daraa, security sources told the Jerusalem Post. Israeli army armored vehicles block a road leading to the town of ...

American Jews who fled their Syrian homeland decades ago went to the White House this week to appeal to the Trump administration to lift sanctions on the country.

American Jews who fled their Syrian homeland decades ago went to the White House this week to appeal to the Trump administration to lift sanctions on the country WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — American Jews who fled ... For Henry Hamra, who fled Damascus as a teenager with his family in the 1990s, the 30 years since have been shadowed by worry for what they left ...