US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday called for the protection of civilians and minorities in Syria, as Syrian opposition forces continued to seize swathes of territory from the control of President Bashar al-Assad's forces. During a phone conversation with Turkish Foreign...

Syrian opposition factions took over the southern city of Daraa — which was the cradle of the country’s 2011 uprising — after they reached a deal with the army to secure its orderly withdrawal. They say senior security and army officials serving in the city have been given safe...

American journalist Austin Tice is alive, his mother said on Friday, citing a source vetted by the US government. “We have from a significant source that has been vetted all over our government: Austin Tice is alive. Austin Tice is being treated well, and there is no doubt about that,”...

 Zaman al-Wasl has obtained a screenshot of a deleted report on a military coup took place inside the headquarters of the army's General Staff , which was published on Friday on the ministry's official website and then deleted after a few seconds, indicating pivotal events in the...