The UN said Wednesday that the international community urgently needs to focus on Syria amid escalating conflicts in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Gaza and Lebanon.  "Syria demands our collective attention," UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen said at a UN Security Council...

Israel launched strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus and a military site near the western city of Homs on Thursday, the Syrian defense ministry said, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken toured the region pushing for a halt to fighting. The Israeli strikes targeted the central Damascus...

The Israeli army said Monday that the latest commander responsible for funding the Lebanese Hezbollah group was “eliminated” in Syria. The man, whose name was not released, headed the Iran-backed Hezbollah’s Unit 4400 that is “responsible for the transfers and the amount of funds”...

Syrian state media said a car exploded on Monday in the Mazzeh district of Damascus which is home to embassies and security headquarters but it did not specify the cause of the blast. The official SANA news agency reported “a car explosion in one of the neighborhoods” of Mazzeh, where...