Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

Under the Assad regime, Saydnaya prison became a mass-killing machine; ‘a symbol of shame for the whole world.’ ...

The longtime enemies have opened contacts, reflecting a power shift across a Middle East in which they have newfound common ...

Ahmed al-Sharaa led HTS, considered a jihadist group for years. Now, he has replaced Assad as Syria’s new president. And he ...

Thousands of Syrian refugees are set to return from Lebanon this week under the first, U.N.-backed plan providing financial ...

Last month's deadly church bombing outside Syria's capital is raising fears among the country's minority Christians.

The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the ...

Syrian activist Shadi Martini tells lobby new president called peace with Israel a 'unique opportunity'; Gulf journalist ...

Of all the nation states in the Middle East, Syria has been the longest and most implacable enemy of Israel. Even Iran, ...

Anger has been steadily building against Syria's new rulers as senior Israeli officials tout a possible normalisation deal ...

It’s a rebellion of collective memory that resurfaces as images in Cunha’s curated exhibition ‘Retratistas do Morro’ at ...