The country’s border crossings with Syria teemed with refugees within days of the fall of Damascus, the last bastion of Baathist ... “All returns are monitored by the UNHCR. UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi ...

DAMASCUS - A violent armed raid on a Damascus nightclub last week has fuelled fears of a threat to nightlife in the Syrian capital, despite condemnation by the Islamist-led authorities. The new ...

Syrian authorities say they arrested men involved in assault Club intends to reopen, lawyer says, praising authorities Owner of another club says his venue is shut, staff afraid DAMASCUS ...

Armed groups in Damascus began handing over heavy weapons to the Syrian Interior Ministry on Sunday, following an agreement reached between Druze community leaders and government officials.

Clashes last week pitted Sunni fighters against armed Druze residents of the town of Jaramana southeast of Damascus, later spreading to another district near the capital and then south to the ...

FILE - Talal Naji, the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Jan. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi ...

Syria's new authorities have sought to reassure the population that their jihadist origins are confined to the past — Omar HAJ KADOUR A deadly shooting Monday at a Damascus club, days after another ...

A deadly shooting Monday at a Damascus club, days after another attack on the capital's nightlife, has sparked fears, adding to concerns that personal freedoms may be restricted under Syria's Islamist ...

Israel announced that it had “attacked near the Presidential Palace in Damascus” in order to warn the new Syrian government against harming the country’s Druze population. The Syrian ...

Flood waters from Helene completely devastated the Damascus Diner and after more than six months of rebuilding, they are now back open for business. We’re just a hometown diner, we opened up in ...

BEIRUT — Syria on Saturday detained a prominent Damascus-based Palestinian official whose group was close to the government of ousted president Bashar Assad. Talal Naji, 79, the leader of the ...

Speaking in the UN Security Council, Filippo Grandi said in conflicts across the world in places like Sudan, Ukraine, Myanmar, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Haiti, "violence has become ...