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.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced plans to restore diplomatic relations and enhance cooperation with ...

The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad landed at Damascus ...

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

Lipavsky said Prague, a staunch supporter of Israel in the Middle East and of Ukraine battling a Russian invasion, is currently "tiptoeing" when it comes to the situation in Syria. "The officials ...

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 ...

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

Russia has suffered heavy losses in five months of fighting Ukrainian forces in its Kursk region, with nearly 15,000 of Vladimir Putin ’s troops killed, Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday. At such a ...

International flights in and out of Syria’s main airport in Damascus will resume next week after being halted since rebels overthrew former President Bashar al-Assad’s regime last month.

“We announce we will start receiving international flights to and from Damascus international airport from [Tuesday],” Ashhad al-Salibi, the head of the General Authority of Civil Aviation and ...

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