Syrians voted Sunday to elect a new parliament as the Damascus government grapples with international sanctions and a crumbling economy after retaking large parts of the war-torn country. More than 7,400 polling stations opened across government-held parts of Syria, including for the first...

Amid Syria’s devastating civil war, Russia and China’s UN Security Council vetoes to help the Assad regime have caused the deaths of "nearly a quarter of a million Syrians and the arrest of nearly 150,000 others," according to a human rights group. "The Security Council’s most...

A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State can return to Britain to challenge the government’s removal of her citizenship, judges ruled on Thursday. Shamima Begum, who was born to Bangladeshi parents, left London in 2015 when she was 15 and went to Syria...

Syria prepared for parliamentary elections to be held Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad marked a second decade in power mired by war, international sanctions and economic woes. The legislative polls, to be held across 70 percent of territory under government control, are the country's...