Syrian producer Mohammad al-Shebli was helping to translate the anguished messages scrawled on cell walls by prisoners of the brutal Assad regime made a heart-wrenching discovery.
Among the sacred places mentioned in Islamic sources are Mecca, Sinai, and Jerusalem, but also Syria (the Shām) and ...
For decades, any Syrian daring to broach political topics got used to speaking in hushed tones and with a watchful eye ...
The Assad Regime has ended in Syria with rebels taking Damascus. NBC News' Richard Engel is on the ground in Damascus and NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell is at the White House with our reporting.
The Assad regime cultivated ethnic and religious divides that threaten Syria's future even after the dynasty's fall.
Hama, Homs, Damascus – all again in the headlines overnight because of the regime’s swift fall, yet too home to the most heinous parts of its history – respectively the 1982 massacre of ...
A visit to the souk in the old city in the Syrian capital of Damascus tell us a lot about the state of the country's current economy.
DAMASCUS, Syria — The newly appointed governor of Damascus has called on the United States to use its influence to push for cordial relations with Israel. In a wide-ranging interview with NPR ...
With the stunning change of leadership in Syria and the end of a 50-year reign of the Assad regime, the significance of religious history in Syria shouldn't be overlooked. Most Syrians are now Muslim, ...