Syrian rebel forces continued ... a key city at the crossroads linking the capital Damascus with the Assad-controlled coastal areas. Photo: Google Maps The rebels took advantage of the rapid ...

BEIRUT (AP) — A 12-year-old boy was among four civilians killed Monday in Syria ’s Tartous province, provincial officials ...

Washington is planning to create an anti-Iran axis between Ankara, Damascus and Tel Aviv, but these plans are being hindered ...

South Korea has established diplomatic relations with Syria’s new Islamist government, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Friday, ...

The accounts by the dozen witnesses in Damascus, however, indicate that sectarian violence unfolded in the southern edges of Syria's capital, a few kilometres from the presidential palace.

Israel defended the moves as necessary security measures, but Syria accused it of trying to destabilize the country.