Syrian and U.S. troops were returning from a joint patrol on Saturday when a shooter attacked them at the gate of a military base in Palmyra, a former stronghold of the Islamic State group. U.S.

On February 7, 2026, Syria and Saudi Arabia signed a series of major economic agreements designed to catalyse reconstruction in war-torn Syria and deepen bilateral cooperation across strategic sectors ...

Hours after U.S. and Israeli jets began bombing Iran on February 28, 2026, Syrians heard a loud explosion in Damascus. Given the new Syrian government’s hostility to Iran, the lingering presence of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A child stands next to a missile after it fell near Qamishli International Airport, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Syria’s new government has positioned itself as a neutral hub amid regional conflict, seeking to rebuild ...

The long civil war in Syria was deadly and destructive. Millions of Syrians fled before Bashar al-Assad's regime was overthrown in 2024. But some people also came to Syria for the war. For the first ...

The latest war in the Middle East has created new economic opportunities for Syria thanks to its geography. The latest war in the Middle East has created new economic opportunities for Syria thanks to ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Ahed Badawi lived for more than a decade in Bahrain, a small Gulf country that — unlike her native Syria — rarely made headlines. It provided a refuge for her, her sister and their ...

Thousands of Chinese-born Uyghur fighters fled China to fight in the Syrian civil war. They say generations of political persecution in China motivated them to take up arms. The long civil war in ...