An explosion in Syria has killed an official with Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, the force said on its website Wednesday, blaming Israel for the killing. The force identified the officer killed as Col. Davoud Jafari, who it said was working for the Guard's aerospace...

Syria's largest Palestinian camp was once bustling with activity: It was crowded with mini-buses and packed with shops hawking falafel, shawarma and knafeh nabulsieh — a sweet concoction of cheese and phyllo dough. Kids played soccer and brandished plastic guns until men with real guns...

While Damascus cuts subsidies and Syrians prepare for a brutal winter, cosmetic surgeries are likely to boom after regulations are lifted A preliminary budget for 2023 has been passed by the Syrian government that includes a 24 percent rise in spending, as a long winter of uncertainty and...

Prisoner amnesties decreed by the Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad, during the country’s 10-year war have freed less than 6% of detainees, with an estimated 136,000 people remaining in state prisons, a report has revealed. The amnesties, which were hailed as acts of benevolence by officials...