Vice President JD Vance will return to Washington County on Monday to review progress in the town of Damascus after the devastating September flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Helene. "The American people should expect more of their government," Vance said in an interview broadcast Sunday on the CBS program "Face the Nation."

DAMASCUS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - (This Dec. 18 story has been corrected to show that the New York Times first reported Tice's escape, in paragraph 11) The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who was taken captive during a reporting trip to Syria in ...

There has been growing engagement between Qatar and Syria since the fall of the Assad regime, with high-level visits taking place between both countries. Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin

Vice President JD Vance announced he will return to Damascus, Virginia, on Monday. The Vice President posted on X, “Tomorrow, I’ll return to Damascus, VA, to check on their cleanup from Hurricane Helene and we’ll continue to do so until they’ve fully recovered.

Vice President JD Vance will travel to Damascus Monday afternoon to see recovery efforts that are underway following Hurricane Helene.

Oregon Route 224 is shut down in both directions near Damascus due to a car crash, transportation officials say.The crash happened near mile post 12, one mile

Vice President JD Vance and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin spoke with reporters after a roundtable on Helene recovery on Monday afternoon.

Vice President JD Vance pledged the federal government will do more to assist residents of this tiny community rebuild in the wake of disastrous flooding caused by Hurricane Helene.

He was received at Damascus International Airport by Mr Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has been named Syria's transitional president. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Books that were banned and available to Syrians only if they were pirated online, now are available openly. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Five people lost their lives in a refugee camp just outside Damascus on Monday after a failed operation to rescue a drowning person in a metal fuel storage at a gas station.