Palestinian activists in the city of Azaz, in northern Syria, have launched a campaign to uncover the fate of Palestinian detainees in Syrian prisons and to demand their release. The campaign’s media coordinator, Maher Shawish, said the campaign will continue until it achieves its goals....

BEIRUT: Hundreds of angry protesters in southern Syria smashed the statue of Syria’s late president on Monday as they they marked the 2015 assassination of a prominent anti-government Druze leader. The protests in the province of Sweida, where the Druze community represents the majority of...

An Iranian soldier from the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was killed in Syria, according to Iranian media on Monday.   The semi-official Fars News Agency identified the soldier as Yahya Rostami, who was killed on August 31.  The agency, however, did...

Jordan shot down a drug-laden drone from Syria on Monday, the ninth such incident this year, according to the military. In a statement, the army said a drone carrying crystal meth was intercepted after illegally crossing the country’s border from Syria. Last month, the Jordanian army...