The famous Dakar Rally being raced in the deserts of Saudi Arabia is to come to a conclusion on Friday. Associated Press ...

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In a wide-ranging interview, the political economist Helen Thompson discusses how the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has ...

Umayyad Square in Damascus hummed to the throngs of people brandishing "revolution" flags as Syria saw in the new year with hope following 13 years of civil war. Gunshots rang out from Mount ...

(CNN) — In the weeks since Bashar al-Assad was ousted as Syrian leader, Russia has launched multiple flights to an airbase in the Libyan desert ... bargaining chip. Damascus ambivalent It ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — The newly appointed governor of Damascus has called on the United States to use its influence to push for cordial relations with Israel. In a wide-ranging interview with NPR ...

Bir Tawil is a 2,060-square-kilometer stretch of desert in Africa that no country ... However, a subsequent 1902 map swapped the administrative oversight, assigning Hala'ib to Sudan and Bir ...

"Our problem is not with Israel," Governor of Damascus Maher Marwan, appointed by the new administration in Syria, tells NPR. "We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's ...

Newly appointed interim Governor of Damascus Maher Marwan. (Illustrative) (photo credit: SCREENSHOT/X/VIA SECTION 27A OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT) "Our problem is not with Israel," Maher Marwan ...

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