A visit to the souk in the old city in the Syrian capital of Damascus tell us a lot about the state of the country's current economy.

The findings match those previously recorded from the Wadi Faynan region of Jordan. In that study—led from the Hebrew ...

The danger and hardship gets worse by the day for civilians in eastern Ukraine. Still, they resist leaving the places that have become their homes. By Tyler Hicks and Gaëlle Girbes Human rights ...