Bashar al-Assad is safely ensconced in Russia, which had long supported his prison state with arms, fighter jets, and forces ...

Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick ...

The country had achieved 100% literacy; women enjoyed equal rights with men; its many minorities and the Al Assad dynasty, ...

Israeli airstrikes in northern and central Gaza killed at least 33 people overnight, Palestinian medical officials said ...

The jihadi rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad say they want to build a unified, inclusive country ...

Assad's friend Syria is ready to help the new regime spearheaded by rebels but not without a condition. On the other hand, ...

Syria's new interim prime minister pledged to protect minority rights as Washington's top diplomat flew to the region on ...

The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved resolutions Wednesday demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and ...

Rebel forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said they took control of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria. Israel said its extensive ...

U.N. peacekeepers' "freedom of movement is severely constrained in the current context," a U.N. official told Newsweek.

Shortly before Sunni Islamist-led rebels swept into the Syrian capital, Iran-backed guards fled their positions at the gates ...

There are reports the Turkish-backed rebels are now advancing on Kobani, an important Kurdish-majority town on Turkey’s ...