Gerges Rizk put the final touches on a newly renovated church in the southern Syrian city of Daraa, but hundreds of congregants who once packed its pews will be missing this year. Dressed in a black robe, the priest adjusted a large crucifix at the altar of the Sayyidet Al-Beshara church,...

At least eight people, including five children, were killed Tuesday in Russian air strikes on a school in northwest Syria sheltering displaced civilians, according to a war monitor. The strikes targeted the village of Jubass near the town of Saraqeb in southern Idlib province, killing...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian armed opposition and jihadists on Monday retook five villages in northern Idlib province were seized by regime forces and allied militias in the day before, military source told Zaman al-Wasl. Regime forces seized dozens of towns and villages on Sunday in...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Two Russian soldiers were killed when unknown armed group opened fire on a Russian outpost in southern Daraa province, local opposition group said Monday. Gathering of Ahrar Horan said the two Russian soldiers were killed late on Sunday by unknown gunmen at the...