The European Union on Monday added eight businessmen and two entities linked to them, to its list of individuals and entities subject to sanctions against the Syrian regime and its supporters, according to a European Council statement. “Their activities directly benefited the Assad...

A Russian-backed regime offensive in northwest Syria has displaced 900,000 people since the start of December, and babies are dying of cold because aid camps are full, the UN said Monday. That figure is 100,000 more than the United Nations had previously recorded. "The crisis in...

Syrian President Bashar al Assad said on Monday recent rapid gains in a Russian-backed military offensive that has recaptured large tracts of territory from rebels was not the end of Syria’s nine-year conflict. But Assad, in an appearance televised by state media, vowed to continue the...

The Syrian regime army has discovered a mass grave containing around 70 bodies in a former rebel bastion near Damascus, the state news agency reported Monday. SANA said the victims found in the Eastern Ghouta region were "civilians and security personnel who were executed by terrorist...