NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged member states of the alliance on Monday to step up defence spending beyond their common goal of 2% of national output set a decade ago, saying this was now too low because of new challenges.

Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Wednesday abolished the country’s constitution and declared himself president during a meeting of armed factions in Damascus.

A large fire broke out at the Iraqi embassy in The Hague on Monday morning, January 27, while the building was surrounded by scaffolding for maintenance work. The nearby Sorghvliet Secondary School was evacuated due to the risk of the fire spreading.

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani visited Damascus on Thursday, the first visit by a head of state to the Syrian capital since the Dec. 8 fall of President Bashar al-Assad to an Islamist rebel offensive.

DAMASCUS, Va. (WDBJ) - With Vice President J.D. Vance visiting Damascus Monday, WDBJ7 checked in with people living in the town to learn more about the community’s ongoing recovery after the ...

In Damascus again after a hiatus of nearly eight years, I decided to see what remained of the city’s once flourishing Jewish community. The dictator was gone. The new Islamist rulers had yet to ...

The period between the two major feasts of St Paul, namely January 25, his conversion on the road to Damascus, and February 10, his shipwreck in Malta, are not just important calendar events ...

Vice President JD Vance will return to Washington County on Monday to review progress in the town of Damascus after the devastating September flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Helene.

A bookseller shows a volume that was reportedly banned during the rule of Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad — LOUAI BESHARA Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus bookstores ...

A tram spotting the “Happy Year of the Snake 2025” painted message is seen in The Hague, Netherlands on Jan 21, 2025. The painted tram adds to the Spring Festival festivity in the local ...

CAIRO - Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud will visit Damascus on Friday and meet with top officials in the new Syrian administration, a Syrian official said on Thursday.

Sharaa, on Wednesday abolished the country’s constitution and declared himself president during a meeting of armed factions in Damascus. The former rebel leader will “assume the duties of the Presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic and represent it in international forums,