Newly released satellite imagery shows Israel Defense Force construction taking place within the demilitarised buffer zone that separates it from Syria. The image, obtained exclusively by BBC Verify, ...

After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the demilitarized buffer zone created in Syria after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

Last month, an unnamed official told the Reuters news agency that the Central Bank of Syria had just $200m in foreign exchange reserves. At the end of 2010, it had $17bn. Having assumed control of ...

As Syria undergoes a transformative phase, its diverse communities are seeking to secure their place in the nation's evolving political landscape. Among them, the Kurds seek recognition of their ...

We were trying to provide medical care to a group of refugees and asylum seekers who had fled some of the world’s most violent conflicts in places like Syria and Afghanistan, only to be met with ...

Syria's new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa (C), meets with Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (L) and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot at the presidential palace in Damascus. Baerbock ...

Volunteers founded the White Helmets in 2013 after the start of the civil war. They helped rescue victims after airstrikes, but were also deployed after Syria and Turkey's devastating earthquakes ...

KYIV -Ukraine, a global producer and exporter of grain and oilseeds, has sent its first batch of food aid to Syria, President ... reduced shipments via the Black Sea.

Islamic State militants were already resurgent last year in parts of Syria and Iraq. Then in December, the Assad regime collapsed, furnishing them with fresh supplies of weapons from stocks ...

Striding across the South Lawn of the White ... maps of Syria showing the presence of IS Credit: Alex Edelman/Bloomberg For more than five years, ever since it had raised its black flag over ...

At the time, the regime of Bashar al-Assad was still in power in Syria, and Israel had not yet launched its devastating campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Some of the details of the September ...

Syria’s new government is facing backlash after announcing changes to the school curriculum, including introducing what some critics say is an Islamist slant to teaching. The changes, published ...