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View of Umayyad Square in Damascus on Dec. 14, as Islamist-led rebels settle in to take control of the city, after President Bashar al-Assad was ousted.

A view of the exterior of Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Dec. 13, the first Friday after rebels ...

Commentary Damascus's fall creates an immediate security crisis for American interests. While Washington debates appropriate responses, Assad's chemical ...

View of the Syrian capital of Damascus on Dec. 11, as the Islamist-led rebels settle in to take ...

View of Umayyad Square and other streets in Damascus on Dec. 10, as the Islamist-led rebels settle in ...

Russia has maintained military forces in Syria—at the latter’s invitation—since 2015.

Israeli military spokesman says targeted building served military—not diplomatic—function.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Syrian counterpart, Bashar al-Assad, signed a “strategic cooperation” agreement in Damascus on May ...

DAMASCUS—At least 18 soldiers were killed and 20 wounded on Thursday when an explosive device detonated on a ...

Israel killed a top commander from the Iranian-backed Palestinian terrorist group Islamic Jihad in a rare targeted strike.

A parade was held in Damascus on Dec. 22 to celebrate Christmas with a band comprising more than ...

Two suicide bombers struck close to the Syrian capital Saturday, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens ...

DAMASCUS, Syria— Violence in Syria continued for the fourth straight day to chip away at what remains from ...

DAMASCUS, Syria—Syrian government forces recaptured a Mamluk-era citadel in Palmyra from the extremist Islamic State group on Friday, ...

The Syrian Army on Friday retook a strategic town on the doorstep of Daraa, a contested southern city ...

A triple bombing claimed by the extremist Islamic State group killed at least 45 people near the Syrian ...

BEIRUT— Syrian government forces booby trapped a cluster of farm buildings in the southern Daraa province and detonated ...

A Syrian journalist was killed Tuesday in a suburb of the capital Damascus, amid intense clashes and shelling ...

A missile barrage slammed into a suburb of Damascus, killing at least 40 people and wounding many others ...

Syria's chief-of-staff on Thursday declared a wide-ranging ground offensive by government forces, a day after Russian airstrikes and ...

A Syrian official in charge of antiquities said Monday his government has not been able to determine how ...

BEIRUT—Syria's ambassador to Lebanon called on Saturday for coordination with Lebanese authorities after Beirut announced plans to impose ...

Syrian businessmen start from scratch after their shops and factories were destroyed. Families who lost their homes struggle ...

While filming a documentary in Syria in the summer of 2003, I visited the Jaramana refugee camp near ...

President Obama has warned of serious consequences if Syria uses chemical weapons. Syria has used chemical weapons already, ...

Rebel fighters said they detonated bombs in central Damascus at an army headquarters on Sunday, suggesting they are ...

Syrian rebel forces clashed with the army in central Damascus for a fourth consecutive day.