The Alwaites, who primarily live in Syria's coastal regions, particularly in the provinces of Latakia and Tartus, are ...

The Attorney General at the French Court of Cassation, Remy Heitz, on Friday requested that the arrest warrant issued against Bashar al-Assad for complicity in crimes against humanity in Syria be ...

Firefighting efforts have been hampered by the presence of mines and unexploded ordnance left over from the civil war, as the country grapples with the worst drought in decades.

Arms have been central to Hezbollah's doctrine since it was founded by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to fight ...

Thousands of Syrian refugees are going back to their homeland but conditions there remain extremely challenging ...

TO GO WITH STORY BY NATACHA YAZBECK (FILES) A picture dated June 13, 2003 shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher (L) attending their father's funeral in Damascus on June 13, 2000 ...

In a 218-to-214 vote, the House of Representatives passed a sweeping bill that extends tax cuts and slashes social safety-net ...

The fall of Bashar al-Assad last December did not erase the deep-rooted prejudices within Syrian society. Identity and political divisions remain vivid, and since January, sectarian clashes have ...

Hezbollah has begun a major strategic review in the wake of its devastating war with Israel, including considering scaling ...

Syrian fighter pilot Ragheed Tatari was 26 when he was arrested. Now 70, the country's longest-serving political prisoner is finally free after Bashar al-Assad's fall, seeking justice and ...

Syrian refugees, who fled to Lebanon more than a decade ago to escape war, violence and persecution, have slowly begun to ...

A shooting and suicide bombing at a Damascus church during a packed service on Sunday killed at least 22 people, authorities ...