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Palestinians flocking back to the Yarmouk refugee camp outside Damascus say it's more than a physical place. It's their last physical tie to a Palestine they have never seen.

Marook, a sweet bread eaten during Ramadan in Syria, used to be a simple loaf, but now the list of choices can be as long as the lines of customers.

Steve Coll writes about the history of the Saudi bin Laden family, which—while known globally for one of its members, the terrorist Osama bin Laden—has run a prominent construction firm in Saudi Arabia and has recently come under scrutiny of the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The campaign to punish pro-Palestinian activists, highlighted most dramatically by the Trump administration's deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, is unfolding alongside an effort by pro-Israel groups to dox a wide array of individuals sympathetic to the Palestinian plight, going so far as to single peopl...

Sectarian violence involving supporters of the deposed Assad regime has left hundreds dead, calling into question whether Syria's new rulers can maintain discipline over a patchwork of armed militant groups, including hard-line jihadis.

With the country facing years of drought and economic strife, King Mohammed VI told people they could skip the traditional slaughter for the holy feast in June.

It has been a pressing question regarding Syria's new rulers. How would the Islamist group treat religious freedom in a diverse country? For Syria's religious minorities, the answer has been encouraging, but incomplete.

Asians make up a large and diverse portion of undocumented immigrants in L.A. County. Community leaders say they are prepping for disruption and heartache as rumors of mass deportations swirl.

The release of more than 100 Palestinian prisoners as laid out in the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal had been in doubt after crowds in southern Gaza surrounded hostages who were being freed.

BEAUMONT, Texas — Shamsud-Din Jabbar's high school friends knew him as "Sham" — a good student with a quiet disposition and a bright future.

Part of a Crusader castle crumbled. An 18th century minaret felled. Church mosaics burned. Archaeologists are assessing damage to UNESCO World Heritage Sites from Israeli strikes on Lebanon and Syria.

As the barriers to movement into and inside Syria have come down, Syrians are racing to reunite with loved ones and visit their former homes, or what is left of them. It is an emotional time, and the destruction they are finding is often vast.

Syrian rebels, who toppled President Bashar Assad over the weekend, named Mohamed al-Bashir as caretaker prime minister of the transitional government Tuesday as Damascus gradually returns to normal life.

After decades of repression, the pace of political change in Syria over the weekend was stunning. But resetting the country's institutions and reassuring the public will be painstakingly slow.

An Israeli strike in Gaza kills World Central Kitchen workers. Israel says 1 was an Oct. 7 attacker.

Violent clashes between locals and Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam has spiraled into a clash of identities in the Netherlands.

The Sudanese city of Omdurman lives in the shadow of war, facing daily shelling and battered medical services. But some people are trying to eke out a return to life, however precarious.

Iran has executed German-Iranian prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd after he was accused of leading a U.S.-based terror group and convicted on disputed terror charges.