U.N. peacekeepers returned Thursday for the first time in years to the frontier between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, conducting joint patrols with Russian military police in a reflection of Moscow's deepening role in mediating between the decades-old foes in the volatile...

May Skaf, a prominent Syrian actress and activist who emerged as a fiercely outspoken critic of President Bashar Assad's regime after the uprising began in 2011, was buried Friday in France, where she had fled after being freed from prison. The 49-year-old actress was found dead at her home...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 38 troops from coastal Tartus province were killed in the July, pro-regime news feeds said. Most of slain soldiers have been killed by Daesh and rebels in eastern and southern Syria. The death toll included 12 army officers, one of them was Brigadier General....

(HRW)- The de facto authorities of two areas of northeast Syria are unlawfully restricting the movement of people who escaped from Islamic State (also known as ISIS)-held areas in displacement camps, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities from the Syrian Democratic Council, a...