Syria Explosion In this photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, members of their team search through the debris of a four-story building after an ordnance from Syria's 13 ...

Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of purifying the country, according to eyewitnesses and video, providing a gruesome picture of a crackdown against ...

It's been 14 years since the eruption of the nationwide protests in Syria that would devolve into a multisided civil war still raging today across the country. Yet this Saturday marks the first ...

A Syrian military operation against remnants of the former Assad regime has now ended, having sparked some of the worst violence seen in the country in years. Hundreds of people have been killed ...

The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, a war ...

Also on the programme: the first official call between the US and Russia on the Ukraine conflict is confirmed to be taking place; and we hear the story of an art critic turned thief, whose theft of a ...

By Ben Hubbard Syria’s new president has spoken often about the urgency of merging the many armed groups that fought to topple the strongman Bashar al-Assad into a unified national army.

EU conference aims to gather aid pledges for Syria's recovery Pledges expected to be lower due to US aid cuts, says Lahbib Syria competes with other conflicts for aid, Pederson says BRUSSELS ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union hosts a donor conference for Syria on Monday to muster support to ensure a peaceful transition after President Bashar Assad was ousted by an insurgency last December ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years during a transitional phase. The nation’s ...

The militia alliance that controls much of north-eastern Syria will merge with new state institutions, the presidency says.

Iraqi Prime Minister Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has said that the head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria was killed in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service ...