Syria claimed early Monday that Israel conducted missile strikes on military points around the capital Damascus. The Israeli air force conducted missile attacks on military targets around the capital at 01.18 a.m. local time, according to the SANA news agency, which is affiliated with the...

 Syria's army said on Monday the country's air defenses intercepted an "Israeli aggression" over the capital, Damascus, in the latest stepped-up bombing of Iranian targets inside the country. State media did not give details of what was hit by the Israeli air force in the latest...

The Syrian government intends to seize property and assets of Syrian refugees and internally displaced people who fail to pay exorbitant fees - already one of the administration's biggest sources of income - in exchange for military service exemptions. Brigadier General Elias Bitar, head...

Late one night in 2015, a friend of Yasmen Almashan tagged a photo to her Facebook account. The notification ended a tormented wait for a sign from her brother, detained three years earlier by Syrian troops. The photo of Okba, Almashan’s older brother, was among thousands of graphic...