For many years, the Syrian desert was an incredibly dangerous place. Experts believe the last remnants of Islamic State are still there. But are they really?

Ankara said to seek air bases in central Syrian desert as it seeks to replace Iran as the main power in the war-ravaged ...

On a street corner in the old town of Damascus, rugged men with rifles stare sharply at passers-by. Despite their appearance, ...

By Erika Solomon Ben Hubbard and Lara Jakes President Trump’s funding freeze has thrown into confusion the future of a Syrian desert camp holding thousands of Islamic State members and their ...

Apart from palm saplings in tin cans and the olive shoots in the garden of his mud-brick dwelling, there is very little Hajj Khaled wants to take with him from the isolated Rukban camp in Syria's ...

Islamic State, whose remnants still roam somewhere in the Syrian desert, is nowhere to be seen, at least for now. A trickle of Syrian visitors has resumed. For most seeing Palmyra again ...

Syria is fractured by competing armies but who holds power and where may be shifting as the US eyes an exit.

Turkey’s deepening ties with Syria could shift regional power dynamics, impacting Israel, Iran, and NATO while strengthening ...

The discussions in Ankara will include establishing Turkish airbases in central Syria and training for Syria's new army.

Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.