Following a major 48-hour bombing campaign in Syria, the Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday said it had destroyed most of the former Bashar al-Assad regime’s strategic military capabilities ...

The future of public media depends on viewers like you. WASHINGTON (AP) — Massive U.S. airstrikes on Islamic State militants in Syria were meant in part as a message to the group and a move to e ...

Russia is providing sanctuary to Bashar al-Assad, having transported the former Syrian leader there “in the most secure way possible” after the swift collapse of his regime, Russia’s deputy ...

DAMASCUS − Israel denied its forces had penetrated Syrian territory beyond a northern buffer zone after Syrian sources said the incursion had extended to within 15 miles of the capital Damascus.

Two former high-ranking Syrian intelligence officials have been charged with war crimes for allegedly torturing Americans and other civilians who were deemed enemies by the Syrian government and ...

Omar Alshogre describe his experience in Syria’s notorious prison. During Syria's civil war, human rights groups estimate that more than 100,000 Syrians, including children, were held in ...

Celebrations in Syria and the announcement of a new, transitional government continue to fuel optimism but have not slowed down international efforts to ensure that lingering tensions and ...

Israel is planning a "sterile defence zone" in southern Syria as it continues attacking the country in the wake of President Bashar al-Assad's ouster. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz made the ...

The ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has prompted concerns and warnings over whether the war-torn country can avoid the chaos that ensued among some its regional neighbours when their ...

On a visit to Syria just before the civil war began, a nun in a convent-seminary on the outskirts of Damascus was terrified at the prospect of the Sunni rebels taking over the country. There were ...

In a message to the new regime taking shape in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel wants to establish relations, but won’t hesitate to attack if it threatens the ...