Hafez al-Assad did not settle for ruling Syria with an iron grip—he also sought to control Lebanon, and he got his way.

The interim government in Damascus has called for a powerful Kurdish-led militia backed by the United States to disarm and ...

Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, ...

Organizers of a national conference to chart Syria’s political future say it will include all segments of Syrian society ...

Groups that refuse to lay down their arms and submit to the defence ministry's authority will play no part in a national ...

The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), a global non-proliferation agency, will meet ...

Western allies and Arab countries are gathering in Paris for an international conference on Syria to discuss the country’s ...

Armed factions in Syria are reacting to a recent decision by the new leadership in Damascus to dissolve all armed groups.

The conference to chart Syria's political future will include all segments of Syrian society except for the Kurdish-led administration in the northeast and loyalists of the repressive former ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria is open to letting Russia keep its air and naval bases along the Mediterranean coast as long as any agreement with the Kremlin serves the country’s interests ...

The Foreign Minister in the transitional government of Syria, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, speaking about the "positive signals" ...