The German and Austrian interior ministers broke off a planned trip to Syria on Thursday because of a possible threat to ...

He told the U.N. Security Council it “must not come to pass” that Syria backslides into conflict, fragmentation, and having ...

Turkey is also emboldened by the collapse of the Assad government in neighboring Syria at the hands of rebels it supported ...

The fighters, nominally aligned with Syria’s new government, had descended on the region and were looking for Alawites – a religious minority to which Syria’s former leader Bashar al-Assad ...

Now, with the collapse of the Assad regime in December, many in the country have tentative hopes for a return to democracy. If so, could Syria could once again return to the tourist map? Incredibly, ...

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European Union countries will continue to back Syria’s new leadership through both financial aid and sanctions relief despite an outbreak of sectarian violence threatening the country’s stability, the ...

The EU is hoping to rally further support for Syria’s fragile transition, days after sectarian violence erupted in the country’s coastal regions. Syria's foreign minister Asaad al-Shibani will ...

Hezbollah “ambushed and kidnapped three members of the Syrian Arab Army on the Syrian-Lebanese border near the Zeita Dam, west of Homs, before taking them to Lebanese territory and executing ...

At least seven people have been killed and 52 wounded in clashes on the border with Syria, Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health says. Monday’s violence came after skirmishes over the weekend ...