Exuberant Syrians observed the first Friday prayers since the ouster ... unannounced stop after talks in Jordan and Turkey, which backs some of the Syrian insurgent factions.

Since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza, 14,500 children have been killed, the UNRWA reported, with UNICEF estimating that ...

A Turkish television news report Tuesday claimed that Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan will travel to Damascus Friday and offer prayer at that city’s ancient Great Mosque. His transportation minister ...

Jubilant crowds gathered in cities across Syria for the first Friday Prayers since rebels toppled ... On Friday, Mr. Blinken met in Turkey with the country’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan ...

Some people had journeyed for hours to pray at the mosque ... to combat the Islamic State — and that if Turkey presses too hard, it will inflame Syrian tensions rather than calm them.

DAMASCUS — (AP) — Exuberant Syrians observed the first Friday prayers since the ouster of President ... a previously ...

Before Friday Prayer at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus ... with more influence than ever over the rebels who now control most of Syria. Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had long ...

Turkey controls a strip of Syrian territory along the shared border ... a celebratory demonstration following the first Friday prayers since Bashar Assad's ouster, in Damascus' central square ...

DAMASCUS — Thousands of Syrians gathered Friday in Damascus' historic main mosque for the first Muslim Friday prayers ... Turkey and the United States on what they would like to see in Syria ...

DAMASCUS (AP) — Thousands of Syrians gathered Friday in Damascus' historic main mosque for the first Muslim Friday prayers ... hands in the mix. Turkey controls a strip of Syrian territory ...

Syrians celebrate at the first Friday prayers since Bashar Assad's ... the rebel-held Idlib province in northwestern Syria on the border with Turkey and sought to anchor the often-violated ...