The U.N. organization assisting in investigating the most serious crimes in Syria says the country’s new authorities were ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli troops will occupy a buffer zone inside Syria for the foreseeable ...

For years, Syria was a fabled destination for cultural holidays. Now operators believe Britons could return as soon as next ...

Syrian and Russian jets have ramped up air raids ... a strategic road that leads south to the capital, Damascus, about 300km (186 miles) away. By Friday, opposition forces had entered parts ...

Bel Trew spent days travelling across Syria – from Aleppo in the north, to the capital Damascus and Deraa in the south – ...

In just two weeks, Syrian rebels have swept from their enclave in the north west to capture a string of major cities, before reaching the capital Damascus and toppling President Bashar al-Assad 13 ...

In just 11 days, the 24-year rule of President Bashar al-Assad came to an end. The maps below provide a day-by-day overview ...

“The fate of the hostages is contingent upon the Israeli army advancing just hundreds of meters in some of the areas under ...

Syrian opposition activists and a rebel commander say opposition fighters have reached the suburbs of the capital, Damascus, ...

Insurgents gained control after only a day of fighting, leaving President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule dangling by a thread ...