The number, far higher than any previous estimate, poses a test for the new government. Experts fear that sarin, chlorine and ...

Israel is setting up military outposts and restricting villagers’ movements in a former demilitarized zone.

Mayada pointed to a divot picked out of the pavement in front of her parents’ house — the hole left by the bullet when gunmen ...

A group of Jews who left Syria decades ago wants sanctions relief for a government with former ties to Al Qaeda, despite ...

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Israeli airstrikes. Israel launched airstrikes against two airports in Syria on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces ...

All told, despite sectarian divisions, Syrians are surprisingly upbeat. Except for Alawites, three-quarters of whom want ...