President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday appointed Faisal Mekdad as Syria's new foreign minister, replacing Walid Muallem who died almost one week ago, the presidency announced in a statement. Mekdad will be replaced as deputy foreign minister by Syria's ambassador to the United Nations, Bashar...

Iran on Sunday vowed to defeat any Israeli attempt to harm its role in Syria, saying the era of "hit and run" attacks by Israel there was over, days after Israel carried out air strikes on Syrian army and Iranian paramilitary targets in the country. Israel, which views Tehran as its biggest...

Syrian activist Abdullah Taouma has been deported Turkey from Greece after being arrested beaten by Greek border guards  along with other refugees,  despite his severe injuries in the war. According to their statement, Taouma “would not have thrown himself into Greek...

Bashar al Assad has assigned Maj. General Abdulsalam Mahmoud, deputy director of the Air Force Intelligence Department, to handle the security portfolio in southern Syria. According to a well-informed source, the appointment of Mahmoud, a Shiite officer who had secretly visited Tehran...