The Pentagon announced the US currently has “approximately 2,000” troops in Syria, more than double the previously disclosed number of 900, a Defense Department spokesperson said at a press briefing on Thursday.

Since 2011, the weaponization of regional and global supply chains through economic sanctions has devastated Syria’s economic and social activities.

France raised its flag at its Damascus embassy on Tuesday for the first time in 12 years and European Union officials prepared to engage with the new Syrian leadership, a sign of the growing contacts after Bashar al-Assad was ousted as president.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An American citizen who disappeared seven months ago into former Syrian President Bashar Assad's notorious prison system was suddenly discovered Thursday outside Damascus ...

"On December 15, the withdrawal of part of the personnel of the Russian (diplomatic) representation in Damascus was carried out by a special flight of the Russian Air Force from the Hmeimim airbase" in Syria, the ministry's crisis situations department said on Telegram.

Washington regards the SDF as an important ally in its war against the Islamic State group in Syria, although the new Damascus authorities have made clear their opposition to continued Kurdish ...

He seeks to present Syria’s new regime as a friendly, inclusive and non-belligerent state. On Sunday, he secured a meeting in Damascus with Geir Otto Pedersen, the UN special envoy for Syria ...

As the rebels who ousted Syria’s longtime dictator, Bashar al-Assad, transition from insurgents to administrators, maintaining order in the streets of the capital has become a top priority.

The state of a mass grave in Damascus and statements by people living in the surrounding area suggest that the area is a mass crime scene and may have been the site of other summary executions

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday: "Fidan would be going to Damascus to discuss the new structure in Syria." 17:52 (IST) Dec 22 Iran's supreme leader says Syrian youth will resist ...

Warning: This article contains descriptions of torture. DAMASCUS, Syria – Photographs of tortured and broken bodies are taped to the outside walls of Al-Mujtahid Hospital in central Damascus.