Damascus

Never has Damascus been so gloomy. A quiet sadness hovers over the streets and alleys. The voices of people are…

Around 2,000 Syrian troops backed by tanks launched an assault to retake Damascus suburbs from rebels on Sunday, activists said,…

Thousands of Syrian soldiers moved into the suburbs of Damascus that have fallen under rebel control on Sunday, killing five…

HARASTA, Syria — The UN Security Council meets on Friday to discuss the next move on Syria and council envoys said…

Syrian troops stormed a flashpoint suburb of Damascus on Thursday, rounding people up in house-to-house raids and clashing with army…

The grand sheikh of Al-Azhar called on Arab leaders Friday to adopt serious and immediate measures to stanch the continued…

The family of the deputy chairman of Hamas' political bureau arrived in Egypt Tuesday, as he and his family are…

BEIRUT — Arab League head Nabil al-Araby said on Friday he feared a possible civil war in Syria that could…

An Arab observer delegation in Syria is running into further difficulties, with two members either quitting or threatening to do…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, fighting 10 months of pro-democracy protests, greeted thousands of rapturous supporters in a Damascus square on…