International flights in and out of Syria’s main airport in Damascus will resume next week after being halted since rebels overthrew former President Bashar al-Assad’s regime last month.

The foreign ministers of Germany and France said they wanted to forge a new relationship with Syria and urged a peaceful transition as they visited Damascus on Friday meet its de facto new leader ...

Elections may not be held in Syria for up to four years, the country’s de facto leader has said, in his first comments on an ...

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Scores of former rebels took part in the protest in Damascus, marching in crisp camouflage uniforms and raising weapons and flags. “These people shed their blood for such a day,” said Mohammad ...

Israeli soldiers stormed and burned a hospital in isolated northern Gaza after forcibly removing staff and patients on Friday, Health Ministry officials said. The Israeli military said the ...