The Syrian security has released three detainees of 11 who were arrested in anti-government protests in the Druze city of Sweida, local activists said  Wednesday . Hundreds of people took to the streets of Sweida three weeks ago, protesting worsening economic conditions and...

 Italian police said on Wednesday they had seized about 14 tonnes of amphetamine pills worth around 1 billion euros ($1 billion) arriving from Syria, in what they described as the world's single largest operation of its kind. Investigators said they impounded three container ships that...

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said there is "no military solution" for Syria Wednesday during a video conference with his Russian and Turkish counterparts about the war-torn country. "The Islamic republic believes the only solution to the Syrian crisis is political and not a military...

Damascus condemned Wednesday an international donor conference that raised $7.7 billion to address the country's humanitarian challenges, calling it an interference in Syria's domestic affairs. "The Brussels IV conference on Syria and the statements issued by its participants make it clear...