The yellow and blue colors symbolized the Kyivan state, and since the 18th century they have been part of the coats of arms of the cities of Kyiv region ... St. Ephraim the Syrian's Day: the church ...

Our 46 Heads of State all had interactions with the Jewish community – positive and negative, historic and bizarre ...

Man, do not worry so much / and do not endure such pain; / if you do not have as much as Jacques Coeur, / it is better to live under a great desk / poor, than to have been a lord / and rot in a rich ...

The interim government in Damascus has called for a powerful Kurdish-led militia backed by the United States to disarm and ...

On Dec. 8, Syrian rebels entered Damascus, ending the Assad family’s 54-year rule and ostensibly the first phase of the Syrian Civil War. Beginning in the Spring of 2011 after a violent ...

According to the extensive Stockholm International Peace Research Institute arms transfer database, Syrian acquisitions in this period included more T-62 tanks, newer MiG-23 Flogger fighters ...

The head of the world's chemical weapons watchdog met Syria's new leader Saturday, in a first visit to Damascus since the ousting of Bashar al-Assad, who was repeatedly accused of using such ...

Syria’s new authorities terminated a contract this week with a Russian company that had managed the port of Tartous for more than five years, further restricting the Russian presence in the country ...

In their first meeting, Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed strengthening their countries’ ties. By Ben Hubbard Reporting from Istanbul ...

People wait at the entrance of the Al Masnaa eastern Lebanese border crossing with Syria on Jan. 3, 2025, after Syria imposed new restrictions on the entry of Lebanese citizens. — HASSAN JARRAH/AFP ...

The Syrian whistleblower known as Caesar, who documented countless cases of human rights abuses during the time of the Bashar al-Assad government, revealed himself as First Lieutenant Farid al ...