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 ...

Strikes on a military base in the rural area of Damascus, Syria, took place on Thursday afternoon, according to Arab media reports. The strikes were attributed to Israel and said to be a raid on ...

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Yahya confirmed on Monday that his visit to Damascus is a “message of Gulf solidarity” with Syria, calling for the removal of international sanctions on ...

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 ...

(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) Syrians hold a copy of the Quran next to a Christian cross during a demonstration in support of unity among minorities and the ousting of the Bashar Assad government in ...

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 ...