One man accused of killing an Alawite during the sectarian violence in March tells the BBC that armed civilians were advised ...

The United Nations special envoy for Syria has condemned an intense wave of Israeli airstrikes as Israel said its forces were ...

Israel’s air force has struck near Syria’s presidential palace hours after warning Syrian authorities not to march toward villages inhabited by members of a minority sect in southern Syria.

Israel has confirmed launching powerful airstrikes near the presidential palace in Damascus, targeting areas linked to Abu ...

Iran dreamed up a U.S.-style Marshall Plan to rebuild Syria after the civil war. It invested billions to build influence there. Documents from its looted embassy in Damascus reviewed by Reuters show ...

U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters stands on their vehicles, as they withdraw from two neighbourhoods in Syria's northern city of Aleppo as part of a deal with the Syrian central government, in Aleppo ...

At the start of April, Amina Ali finally went home. The 58-year-old and her husband returned to al-Maabatli, their town in ...

The apostolic nuncio in Damascus - who turns 80 next January - is among the cardinals called to choose Bergoglio's successor.

Moussa Hajj Khalil is among many Syrians rebuilding their homes from the rubble of the historic and economically important ...

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Syria’s defence ministry has opened applications for Assad-era soldiers to enlist in the army, reaching across former enemy ...