DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A new ambassador from Bahrain formally took up his post in Syria on Sunday, the country's first full diplomatic mission there in more than a decade as Damascus continues to improve its relations with Gulf Arab states. President Bashar Assad received the credentials...

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said on Thursday that a United Nations plane has been grounded at the Damascus International Airport after an Israeli strike on the facility. Speaking at a conference for the return of migrants, Mekdad said the U.N. plane "is sitting there" waiting for...

The foreign ministers of Ireland, Norway and Turkey say aid deliveries from Turkey to rebel-held northwest Syria must continue, warning Wednesday of a humanitarian crisis if the only remaining border gate is closed. Russia’s deputy U.N. ambassador has told the U.N. Security Council that...

The Iraqi Hezbollah militia has brought 21 families of its fighters from Iraq to settle in southern Damascus suburbs, a well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl.   The passenger buses arrived on Saturday evening in the town of Albukamal in eastern Deir Ezzor province, coming from Iraq,...