DAMASCUS, Syria — British Foreign Secretary David Lammy met in Damascus on Saturday with Syria’s interim President Ahmad ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

Over the past 25 years the Carter G. Woodson Memorial Foundation has been working to restore the home and turn it into a ...

Background: Norway imposed sanctions on Syria in 2011 in response to Assad’s crackdown on protesters that sparked the civil ...

White House said the measure would protect US interests by preventing the resurgence of Islamic State and encouraging ...

Order also directs review of terror designations of Hayat Tahrir Al Sham, a rebel group that Sharaa led, as well as Syria's ...

President Donald Trump signed on Monday (June 30) an executive order terminating a US sanctions programme on Syria, allowing ...

Trump signs executive order lifting most sanctions on Syria, citing an "opportunity" for economic rebuilding under new ...

The US has lifted most of its sanctions on Syria, saying the move would give the country an “opportunity” to rebuild an ...

The agreement covers 37 bridges in Syria, where infrastructure was severely damaged during the civil war, but may now be ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order to ease sanctions on Syria. This move, initially announced in May, is part of efforts to aid Syria's recovery post-civil war. Details were ...

Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Buddy Squires, and Allen Moore discuss the making of The Civil War.