Such a system, no matter how moderate it claims to be, could give Turkey’s Islamists new chances to keep ruling after Recep ...

Prior to the civil conflict, children in Syria had unequal opportunities of healthy development ... and can have very different life chances based on just a few family background characteristics. If ...

At least some of the embassy staff have already left. Background: Syrian rebels claimed control over the southern city of Daraa and demolished a monument to former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad ...

ADDS background Syrian authorities foiled an attempt by Islamic State group jihadists to blow up a revered Shiite shrine in a Damascus suburb, a source within Syria's intelligence agency told ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israeli forces will stay in a buffer zone on the Syrian border, seized after the ouster of Syria’s President Bashar Assad ...

This marks the first official visit to Syria by senior European diplomats ... regardless of ethnic or religious background. She warned against prolonged delays in elections, steps toward ...