The latest number is in addition to the more than 100,000 people who went missing under the ousted President Bashar al-Assad.

At Damascus' international airport, the new head of security — one of the rebels who marched across Syria to the capital — arrived with his team. The few maintenance workers who showed up for work ...

The US is asking the United Nations Security Council to lift sanctions on Syria’s president before he visits the White House ...

Supporters of rebels who ousted President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday have entered some Syrian embassies abroad to hoist their ...

At America’s urging, Israel and Turkey have found an uneasy balance, each hoping the other will avoid its red lines. A ...

Riyadh has been a main engine driving global re-engagement with Syria since rebels toppled former strongman Bashar al-Assad last year.

BEIRUT -- Syrian troops and allied militiamen seized control of a sprawling military air base near Damascus on Monday, bolstering the government's presence in a key area overwhelmingly controlled by ...

For those, including the Obama Administration, exasperated with the fragmented, increasingly fratricidal rebel forces pitted against Syria’s strongman Bashar Assad, any consolidation within the ...

Less than 100 rebel fighters are currently being trained by the US military to combat Isis in Syria, the Pentagon has revealed. The lowly numbers are a result of the stringent vetting procedures in ...

In yet another potentially volatile development, Syrian rebels from the Islamist Nusra Front reportedly grabbed control of the border crossing between Israel and Syria. The Syrian Observatory for ...

One Western diplomat in the region said: "There was talk of them using it two weeks ago, but the Russians intervened quickly to stop him. "If you think how desperate these people are and what they ...