This is the eleventh part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia — to spend some time in worlds beyond the ...

Syria is open to letting Russia keep its air and naval bases along the Mediterranean coast as long as any agreement with the ...

From war zone risks to head-scratching tourists, the manipulation of the GPS navigation system by hackers (jamming and ...

A hmed al-Sharaa, Syria’s president, spoke to The Economist on January 31st in Damascus. The conversation has been translated ...

European and Gulf Arab states share common interests in Syria – they should work closely together to ensure a stable ...

Countries that malign migrants are in quite serious need of new people. Nations in the wealthy world face a top-heavy future- ...

Syria's new interim government is widely supported. But observers remain cautious over details for the country's democratic future. Is the political program inclusive enough to put Syria's feet back ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria's new Islamist leaders are undertaking a radical overhaul of the country's broken economy, ...

Millions of people from the poor world are trying to cross seas, forests, valleys and rivers, in search of safety, work and ...

Russia has used the two bases to try to rebuild its Cold War-era influence in the Middle East. Their loss would be a ...

The European Union (EU) renewed sanctions against Russia and agreed on a road map to lift some of those imposed on Syria. At ...

While we aim to move fast, the lifting of sanctions can be reversed if wrong steps are taken,' says EU foreign policy chief ...