One Syrian was killed and nine others were injured on Thursday when mortar fire struck the Russian embassy in Damascus, the foreign ministry said in a statement.   It added that no Russian nationals were hurt in the attack by suspected rebels and that the building suffered...

A nephew of Lebanon's agriculture minister has been killed along with three other Hezbollah fighters in Syria's Qalamoun region, a source close to the Shiite movement said on Thursday.   "Ali Rida Fuad Hajj Hassan, aged 22, was killed along with three...

Since 2011, large numbers of European Muslims have gone to Syria to fight with the rebels. But exactly how many are they, and which countries are providing most of the fighters? The question matters because some of these foreign fighters may return to perpetrate attacks in the West, and Western...

Destroying Syria’s deadliest chemical weapons on land would come with vexing diplomatic and security problems as well as environmental issues. To avoid those potential troubles, U.S. officials say, the Obama administration is exploring the use of a government-owned ship to carry out the...