Thirteen people, mostly fighters, have been killed in two days of ongoing clashes between rival factions competing for power in northwest Syria, a war monitor said Wednesday. Fighting between two pro-Turkish Syrian rebel groups began in the town of Al-Bab in northern Aleppo province before...

A 1,600-year-old virtually intact Roman-era mosaic has been discovered in central Syria. The mosaic, measuring 20 x 6m (65.5 x 20ft), was found under a building in Rastan near Homs, which was held by rebels in the civil war until 2018. Showing mythical scenes including the Trojan...

The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to condemn Russia's "attempted illegal annexation" of four Ukrainian regions and demand that Moscow immediately reverse its actions. The vote in the 193-member world body was 143-5 with 35 abstentions, the strongest support from the...

A Russian company has signed a $59.7 million investment deal for the development of a new tourism site on Syria's coast, despite huge poverty blighting the country. A four-star complex will be implemented by a Russian company named Sinara in Latakia's Gol Jamal district, taking up 70 dunams...