Fierce clashes over the past two days between security forces under Syria’s new Islamist government and gunmen belonging to the country’s Alawite religious minority killed scores of people ...

Days before the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, Russia said the Syrian rebels advancing on Damascus were terrorists. Now, with those rebels in power, Moscow senses an opportunity to both expand ...

On Monday night, an Israeli flag was hoisted in southern Syria.That's unusual, to say the least. Even though there was an uneasy, decades-long detente behind the scenes between the Assad regime ...

Syrian authorities face insurgency by Assad's Alawite sect Many killed in one Alawite town, monitor and activists say Saudi Arabia supports Syrian government against insurgency DAMASCUS, March 7 ...

Britain on Thursday lifted sanctions on 24 Syrian entities, including the Central Bank of Syria, several other banks, and petroleum companies, unfreezing their assets. The West is rethinking its ...

The United Kingdom on Thursday removed 24 Syrian entities from its sanctions list and unfroze their assets, including the Central Bank of Syria, other lenders and petroleum companies. The move comes ...

Commonwealth Day 2025 will be celebrated across the Commonwealth on Monday 10 March Learn more Map of Commonwealth countries ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — American Jews who fled their Syrian homeland decades ago went to the White House this week to appeal to the Trump administration to lift sanctions on Syria that they say are ...

Journalists have uncovered documents hidden in fortified mountain tunnels and secret chambers, revealing a vast corruption network entrenched in the Syrian economy, involving drug trafficking, ...

Syrian Forces Clash With Assad-Linked Militants in Escalating Violence DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad mounted a deadly attack on government forces on ...

The Martin family, who lived in Portland, disappeared after driving to the Columbia River Gorge that December, in search of Christmas greenery to decorate their home, reported The Oregonian.