The Syrian Information Ministry gave no further details other than inviting journalists to cover the event at the embassy in central Damascus later Thursday. The UAE recalled its ambassador from Syria in 2011 after the start of the popular uprising against President Bashar Assad. The...

Turkey is threatening to invade Syria to eradicate Kurdish fighters. Syrian forces are rolling toward territory the Americans will soon abandon. Israel is bombing Iran-backed militias deep inside Syria. And Russia could soon move to crush the last vestige of the Syrian anti-government...

 Two civilian planes in Lebanese airspace “narrowly avoide catastrophe” from Israeli warplanes, caretaker Transport Minister Youssef Fenianos said Wednesday. Fenianos said the warplanes were flying in Lebanese airspace “during [Israel’s] assault on southern Damascus”...

Syrian state-run  media are reporting that air defenses are repelling a missile attack near the capital of Damascus. State TV gave no further details Tuesday and did not say who was behind the barrage. The attack is the first since a missile assault on the southern outskirts of...