Russia's defense ministry said on Wednesday Russian and Syrian authorities had set up a refugee center in Syria to help refugees return home from abroad. The defense ministry said in a statement that the Centre for the Reception, Allocation and Accommodation of Refugees will "monitor...

Dozens of buses reached two Syrian government loyalist villages under siege from insurgents in the northwest, as part of a deal to evacuate residents on Wednesday, state media said. Some 6,000 people will leave, emptying out the mostly Shiite villages of al-Foua and Kefraya, a commander...

Unidentified air strikes have killed 18 civilians in a rebel-held pocket of southern Syria as regime ally Russia presses talks for Damascus to retake the area, a monitor and local activists said Wednesday. The deadly strikes late Tuesday hit Nawa, the last town under rebel control in...

Thousands of people will be evacuated from two besieged pro-regime towns in Syria in exchange for the release of prisoners held in government jails, an activist group said Tuesday. Under a deal brokered by regime ally Russia and Turkey, Al-Foua and Kfarya, the last besieged towns in the...