Ahmed al-Shara said his government was discussing military support with Russia and Turkey, appealed for a lifting of ...

where they clashed with the Syrian army. Hama's capture could clear a path for a further rebel push on the centrally-located crossroads of Homs and further southwards, including the capital Damascus.

Two Republican members of the U.S. Congress were in the Syrian capital Friday on an unofficial visit organized by a Syrian-American nonprofit, the first by U.S. legislators since the fall of ...

South Korea has established diplomatic relations with Syria’s new Islamist government months after longtime leader Bashar ...

Those kidnapped included a retired teacher, an engineering student and a mechanic, all of them Alawite - the minority sect of toppled leader Bashar al-Assad.