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

By Fuad Shahbazov in Durham In the last five years, Azerbaijan has explicitly shifted its traditional foreign policy strategy by making inroads into regions far beyond the post-Soviet space, including ...

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

The Kurds present themselves as the most natural ally for Israel in this shifting landscape. They are politically aligned, ...

PALMYRA, Syria — This ancient city, once one of the most important stops on the Silk Road, bears the scars of ISIS attacks ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Israel has warned Turkey that establishment of military bases in Syria’s central Palmyra region would 'cross a red line' and, according to sources speaking to the Israeli media. Israeli mediators said ...

An official Israeli source revealed that yesterday's meeting between representatives from Israel and Turkey in Azerbaijan made Tel Aviv "unequivocally clear that any change in the deployment of ...

Almost immediately after dictator Bashar al-Assad fled, Syria came under attack. Israeli airstrikes have hit several hundred times since December.... Syria's dictator is gone. Its civil war is over.

Israel and Turkey have been holding technical talks aimed at establishing a deconfliction mechanism for Syria, an Israeli source was cited Wednesday as confirming. The source told Channel 12 news ...

Updated April 12, 2025 at 07:39 AM ET SWEIDA, Syria — The road from Damascus to Sweida winds through outcrops of black volcanic rock, past rainfed vineyards and olive groves and up to the ...