Syrian state media reported that a drone was destroyed on Thursday over a village in the Damascus countryside. No other details were immediately available.

Sponsors of a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Syria's war-torn Idlib province urged Russia Thursday not to veto the "purely humanitarian" measure. Speaking before a UN Security Council meeting on Syria, ambassadors of sponsors Belgium, Kuwait and Germany warned...

A relative of Bashar Al Assad's wife has been released a week after being abducted while driving to Syria, according to the state-run National News Agency. The NNA reported on Thursday morning that that Murhaf Al Akhras "was released during the night after intensive contacts and efforts...

The U.N. Security Council is facing rival resolutions calling for a cease-fire in Syria's last rebel stronghold in Idlib, "to avoid a further deterioration of the already catastrophic humanitarian situation." Germany, Belgium and Kuwait finalized their text Wednesday afternoon and called...