The U.N. special envoy for Syria told the Security Council on Friday that he won’t convene another session of a 45-member body that is supposed to draft a new constitution for Syria until the government and opposition agree on an agenda. Geir Pedersen, who is facilitating meetings of...

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a Syria sanctions bill as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the 2020 defense budget. The bill, Caesar Syrian Civilian Protection Act of 2019, authorizes additional sanctions and financial restrictions on institutions and...

 Hundreds of people protested Friday by the Bab al-Hawa border gate connecting northwestern Syria and Turkey after a spate of aerial bombings. The strikes in the rebel-controlled pocket, carried out by the Syrian government and its Russian allies, are said to have left many civilians...

Syrian regime troops Friday captured four villages in Syria's northwest as part of a new ground offensive to push into rebel-held Idlib province, military and opposition activists said. The offensive has already forced thousands of civilians to abandon their homes and flee for their...