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Palestinians in Syria's Yarmuk yearn for outside help

After years of fighting, crippling siege and bombardment, what was once the Palestinian diaspora's largest urban settlement in southern Damascus has been reduced to a sea of debris. Former residents of the Palestinian camp of Yarmuk are desperately counting on assistance from abroad to help...

Russian delegation meets Assad in Damascus

A Russian delegation led by the country's special envoy for Syria, Alexander Lavrentyev, met Syrian regime leader Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Sunday. According to a statement released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, the two sides discussed the results of the four-nation Istanbul Summit...

US forces patrol Syria's northeast close to Turkish border

U.S. forces Sunday patrolled an area in northeastern Syria bordering Turkey after renewed tensions between Ankara and Syrian Kurds, a spokesman and an AFP reporter said. Three armored vehicles carrying soldiers wearing the U.S. flag on their uniform arrived in the Kurdish-held...