Damascus signed an oil and gas deal with a Russian company Wednesday which will allow for the first-ever exploration off Syria's coast.   The agreement was signed by Syrian Oil Minister Suleiman Abbas, Syria's General Petroleum Company and the Russian Soyuzneftegaz...

The shadowy leader of a powerful al-Qaida group fighting in Syria sought to kidnap United Nations workers and scrawled out plans for his aides to take over in the event of his death, according to excerpts of letters obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. Iraqi intelligence...

The Syrian government and rebels in a besieged town near Damascus have reached a landmark truce agreement to allow aid access to trapped civilians, an activist told AFP on Wednesday. Under the truce in Moadamiyet al-Sham, the official flag was raised over the area on Wednesday...

Syrian Islamic Front posted online footage for the last operation of Islam Army, IF main unit, showed how the Islamist rebels captured Dumeir ammunition depots 46 km (30 miles)  northeast  Damascus week ago. As a response for this strategic gain in most important...