A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the ...

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Britain reestablished full diplomatic relations with Syria on Saturday, more than a decade after cutting ties, as Foreign ...

Britain said on Saturday it was reestablishing diplomatic relations with Syria after the country's years-long civil war, as ...

A Reuters investigation found 40 distinct sites of killings, looting and arson during three days of sectarian massacres ...

Syria's Interior Ministry says the sleeper cell behind a deadly church explosion near Damascus belonged to the Islamic State ...

The Syrian authorities said the assailant had opened fire on congregants at the Mar Elias Church in Dweila, a neighborhood of Damascus, before detonating an explosive vest.

Syria's health ministry said the explosion at the church in Dweil’a in the outskirts of Damascus killed 22 people and wounded 52 more, raising an earlier civil defence toll of 20 dead.

Syrian rebels seized Damascus on Sunday, and long-time President Bashar Assad fled the battle-scarred country amid the stunning collapse of his regime after 13 years of war.

On Sunday, June 22, the solemnity of Corpus Christi, at least 25 people were killed after two armed men stormed the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Elias in Douailah, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria.

DAMASCUS, Syria — Britain reestablished full diplomatic relations with Syria on Saturday, more than a decade after cutting ties, as UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy met the country’s new ...

DAMASCUS, Syria -- The death toll from a suicide bomb attack on a church in Syria has risen to 25, state media said Monday. The attack Sunday on the Mar Elias Greek Orthodox church during a Divine ...