Syrian soldiers have raised the national flag on the battlements of a 900-year-old Crusader castle after a three-month siege that ended on Thursday when rebel fighters fled. The recapture of Crac des Chevaliers, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is a real and symbolic victory over...

The head of Shiite Lebanese movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, sent an “indirect message” to Israel last year saying his country’s southern border is “the safest place in the world,” Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported Wednesday. The London-based daily cited leaked...

Israeli defence minister has warned the Syrian government that it would pay a "high price" for helping armed groups bent on attacking his country. Moshe Yaalon comments on Wednesday came a day after roadside bombing, blamed on Damascus, wounded four Israeli troops in the...

Syria's government on Tuesday decided to establish a "space agency" to conduct scientific research despite the civil war that has torn the country apart and devastated its economy. State news agency SANA said the cabinet had approved a project to create the so-called Syrian Space...