Was the Garden of Eden based on a real place? And if so, where exactly might it have been? These questions have puzzled ...

N obody is quite sure how the ferry sank. Ayuen Samuel, who manages the old shipyard in Juba, South Sudan’s capital, thinks ...

Sectarian violence has erupted again in Syria, raising fresh doubt on the ability of the new Islamist rulers to control armed ...

Israel launched airstrikes on Syria amid a spreading wave of sectarian violence in areas dominated by the Druse minority.

Israel struck Syria on Wednesday in what it called a "warning" against attacks on the Druze minority, in a military ...

A war monitor and an activist group say clashes broke out in the Syrian capital between local gunmen belonging to the ...

The countries agreed to cover $15 million owed to the lender as the new government in Damascus looks to rebuild the economy ...

Saudi Arabia and Qatar announced on Sunday that they would settle Syria's debt to the World Bank totalling roughly $15 million.

F or miles around, as far as the eye can see, the eastern suburbs of Damascus are a sea of undulating rubble and skeletal ...