On December 8, Syria appeared to turn a page on dictatorship. After 14 years of brutality under former president Bashar al-Assad, the country ostensibly stood at the threshold of liberty.

As part of an effort to deepen its influence in southern Syria, Israel has been seeking stronger ties with the Druse religious minority that holds sway there. By Aaron Boxerman Reporting from ...

By Raja Abdulrahim Reporting from Aleppo and Damascus, Syria When he returned to Syria recently for the first time in 12 years, Kazem Togan asked the passport control agent to check whether he ...

Syria says that it has reached an agreement with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to integrate the latter with state institutions. The Syrian presidency made the announcement on Monday and ...

The violence in the border area marks increased friction between Israel and Syria, where a new Islamist-led leadership has been installed after rebels ousted former leader Bashar al-Assad from ...

KOAYIAH, Syria (AP) — An Israeli strike Tuesday in southwestern Syria killed at least six people as Israeli troops occupying the area clashed with local residents, Syria’s Foreign Ministry and ...

With Bashar al-Assad's departure, the fate of Syria's Alawite community remains precarious. Once empowered by the regime, many Alawites now face reprisals from rebel factions and displaced Sunni ...

Israel has carried out air strikes near Syria’s Mediterranean port city of Tartous, Syrian state media has reported. An Israeli army statement on Monday said that its forces “struck a military ...

The ninth edition of the EU's yearly conference in support of Syria kicks off in Brussels on Monday. Members of Syria's interim government will be the country's first formal delegation to attend ...

JERUSALEM: The Israeli army said on Tuesday (Mar 25) that it had again struck two military bases in central Syria, a day after the European Union's foreign policy chief warned strikes there and ...