Russia offered assurances on Tuesday that the Syrian government will show up at a new round of peace talks next week and will soon ship more toxic agents abroad for destruction under a deal to eliminate its chemical weapons arsenal. The statements appeared intended to ease Western...

There is little food or hope left in Syria's besieged Old City of Homs. But an elderly Dutch priest has remained there in solidarity with the Syrians he considers countrymen. Father Frans van der Lugt has spent nearly five decades in Syria, a country he loves so dearly that he...

A British-Syrian TV pundit is threatening to sue social media users who slander her or threaten her life after her recent controversial views regarding  not allowing Syrian refugees to come to Britain  were aired on a BBC program. Halla Diyab, a writer and producer based in...

Aid agencies in Syria have evacuated hundreds of people from the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Yarmouk, a government-aligned Palestinian group said on Saturday, in a rare moment of coordination between the government and rebel forces. Granting relief groups access to an estimated...