Alexander Eig, head of the Section of Systematic Botany and Ecology at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, has been examining the forest and other flora of Syria (Science Service, Washington ...

Syria's economy has shrunk by nearly two thirds, its currency continues to tumble, and half of its population now lives in ...

While the fall of the Assad dynasty represents an epochal turning point for Syrians, the future remains in all senses ...

The Syrian government has been toppled, and its leader sent into exile, a seismic shift poised to reshape the balance of power in the Middle East. Rebels seized the capital Damascus over the ...