The new government has pledged to unify Syria after overthrowing the Assad dictatorship. One of its biggest challenges is persistent sectarian violence. By Christina Goldbaum Ben Hubbard Raja ...

Israel has carried out further air strikes in Syria, Syrian state media is reporting, just hours after the country’s presidency denounced an earlier Israeli attack near the presidential palace ...

United Nations special envoy Geir Pedersen urged Israel Saturday to halt its attacks on Syria "at once", after it carried out multiple air strikes targeting the Islamist-led authorities following ...

Syrian authorities have decried “foreign intervention” in Syrian affairs after Israel launched air attacks on a town near Damascus where government forces and several other groups had taken ...

Israel has stepped up military action in Syria since fall of Assad Syria's Islamist rulers have pledged to govern in inclusive way Outbreaks of sectarian violence have stoked minorities' fears ...

But some residents remain wary. Syrian security forces escorted a delegation of Druse leaders and government officials through the streets of Ashrafieh Sahnaya on Friday.Credit... Supported by By ...

Two days of sectarian violence in the Damascus area and in southern Syria have left at least 100 people dead, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor. The Britain-based ...

The Israel Defense Forces said its fighter jets had carried out a wave of airstrikes in Syria late Friday, less than a day after Israel attacked near the presidential palace in Damascus ...

Forces deployed to ‘restore security’ after reports of Israeli strikes near Damascus A boy holds a picture of a man as members of Syria's Druze community attend the funeral of seven people ...

It began with a blasphemous audio recording and ended with over 80 deaths and Israel bombing Syria again. The causes of violence in Druze-majority areas in Syria this week are complex. It all ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israel’s air force struck near Syria’s presidential palace early Friday after warning Syrian authorities not to march toward villages inhabited by members of a ...

Israel launches airstrikes near Syria's presidential palace For the second time in a matter of days, Israeli planes have struck Syria and the country's prime minister and defence minister said it ...