car parades and flag raisings. Some, like Khairullah, promptly booked travel, wanting to be in Syria to witness and revel in an end to war and a newfound freedom after years of estrangement and exile.

Beside them lay a stretcher, shovels and a makeshift white flag. A New York Times investigation ... to Russian nuclear storage facilities at a Cold War-era munitions depot. Clothing and other ...

“The feel, for a Canadian or Western diplomat, is quite Cold War-like, with one exception ... all the demonstrators turn up at five, wave flags and shout slogans – and then at six they ...

Western officials, in particular, seem excited about the prospect of a new Syria, and rightly so. But without actions that allow Syria to rebuild and reinvigorate its economy after years of war, the ...

The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fifth day on Thursday. Humanitarian aid groups are working to ...

In Khan Younis, throngs clogged the streets amid the sounds of horns as they cheered, waved Palestinian flags ... war has stoked conflict in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in Lebanon, Syria ...

Roadside security booths on the approach to Maaloula have been damaged but remain unmanned and painted in the old Syrian flag colors of red ... In 2011 and in the midst of the Syrian civil war, the ...

Humanitarian aid groups are working to surge food and supplies to the war-ravaged territory as Palestinians ... Long lines of cars, some waving Hezbollah flags, inched along the coastal road.

In Khan Younis, throngs clogged the streets amid the sounds of horns as they cheered, waved Palestinian flags and danced ... where the war has stoked conflict in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in ...

KAHN: "It's hard to express how happy we are," beams 28-year-old Hala Sorour. She's painting small Syrian flags on kids' faces. SOROUR: (Speaking Arabic). KAHN: "Let the children be happy," she says.