At least three women were killed and five children injured in a stampede in the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Friday, the Syrian civil defence said.

Behrouz Esbati said he partially blamed Russia for the fall of Assad's government, in a rare break from Iran's official line ...

More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January.

The European Union stepped up efforts to build ties with Syria’s new leaders and persuade them to reduce Russia’s influence over the war-ravaged country with a visit by the German and French foreign ...

Annalena Baerbock says Middle Eastern country must not ‘Islamise justice or education systems’ during diplomatic visit to ...

Sybiha became the latest foreign representative to meet with Sharaa in Damascus, where the latter's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ...

“To sustain even the very slow advance in Ukraine, Russia has been forced to ignore the months-long occupation of part of its own territory by Ukrainian forces,” British security expert Ruth Deyermond ...

What is Ukraine looking to get out of it? Some of Zelenskyy's moves are "raw power play", aimed at "rubbing the Kremlin's ...

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday (Jan 2) he was preparing to re-establish diplomatic ties with ...

Ukraine is pledging support for the new authorities in Syria, which was once a key Russian ally in the Mideast.

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s announcement of the resumption of diplomatic ties between the two countries follows an official visit by two of his Cabinet ministers to Syria, which under now-deposed ...