UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who arrived in Damascus Monday, believes President Bashar al-Assad could contribute to the transition to a "new" Syria, but not as the country's leader. Brahimi, who was in Syria on the latest leg of a...

Islamist rebels pressed an advance Monday against Bashar al-Assad troops in Homs province aimed at capturing major weapons depots, activist said. Several brigades, among them the Al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) and Jabhat Al-Nusra, seized control of...

United Nations officials confirmed an outbreak of polio among children in Syria on Tuesday, lending urgency to plans for vaccination campaigns there and in nearby countries to try to halt the spread of the disease. Tests confirmed polio in 10 out of 22 children in Deir...

Syria's deputy prime minister, Qadri Jamil, was dismissed from his post, state media said on Tuesday, citing government complaints about his performance and lack of coordination with other officials, Reuters reported.    Jamil had been in Geneva recently and met U.S....