Syrian activists and family members of a pro-government journalist say he's been released after being detained and held incommunicado for eight months. The brother of Wissam al-Teer thanked Syria's President Bashar Assad in a Facebook post Saturday for the release, in apparent reference to...

A week after Syria’s governemnt agreed to a cease-fire with rebel groups affecting the northwestern province of Idlib, air force jets hit multiple targets on Friday, humanitarian workers said, fueling international fears for millions of civilians crammed into the area. By early afternoon,...

Russia on Friday accused the UN of providing "false data" on the coordinates of civilian sites in Syria's Idlib, as outrage rises over the apparent bombardment of schools and hospitals in the area. The jihadist-run bastion of Idlib, the last major opposition stronghold in Syria, has faced...

A Canadian citizen held in Syria since last year was released in Lebanon on Friday and broke down in tears at a news conference, saying he thought he would be held forever. Kristian Lee Baxter, who was detained in Syria last year, appeared alongside Lebanese security chief Abbas Ibrahim,...