A war monitor and an activist group say clashes broke out in the Syrian capital between local gunmen belonging to the ...

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich reiterates call for 'hundreds of thousands' of Palestinians to be forcibly ...

China stressed a permanent ceasefire in Gaza on Tuesday, urging Israel to stop attacking Lebanon and Syria. "The Middle East ...

The rapid opening-up of Syria has seen a geographical shift in economic power, stoking tensions in the ethnically and ...

Sectarian clashes near Damascus leave nine dead, including six Druze fighters, as authorities vow to pursue perpetrators.

Syrian law criminalizes insults against religious figures or symbols, whether verbal, written, or disseminated through ...

Despite promises of reform from Syria’s new Islamist-turned-president, minorities fear retribution — and find uneasy refuge ...

The Kurdish-led force that runs northeast Syria has agreed to integrate into a new national army, but some of its supporters ...

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Saudi Arabia and Qatar said Sunday they will pay Syria’s outstanding debt to the World Bank, a move likely to make the ...

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

The countries agreed to cover $15 million owed to the lender as the new government in Damascus looks to rebuild the economy ...