DAMASCUS, Syria — Two Republican members of the U.S. Congress were in the Syrian capital Friday on an unofficial visit organized by a Syrian-American nonprofit, the first by U.S. legislators since the ...

(Reuters) -Two U.S. Congress members landed in Damascus on Friday to meet Syrian officials, the first visit by American lawmakers to the war-ravaged country since Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power ...

Two Republican congressmen were expected to meet the country’s new leaders and to visit areas destroyed during the long civil ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home. Since 1950, we have faced multiple ...

In the Damascus neighbourhood of Jobar, which saw some of the war’s fiercest fighters, hidden dangers are lurking amongst the ...

When Mahmoud al-Mohammed found what he calls a “disaster” in the fields of rural Homs, he knew he had to act fast.

Almost immediately after dictator Bashar al-Assad fled, Syria came under attack. Israeli airstrikes have hit several hundred ...

Residents of southwestern Syria say they fear the prospect of an all-out war between Israel and Syria’s new authorities.

Despite rumors of assassinations and the destruction of secret facilities, it is too early to declare the campaign in Yemen a ...

Israeli air strikes target school shelter and ‘safe zone’ tent as civilian deaths skyrocket with no end in sight.

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