Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad marks his 48th birthday on Wednesday with a reason to celebrate: the threat of U.S. airstrikes against him has waned, despite ongoing bloodshed and brutality in his country. A Syrian pro-regime site called on residents of the capital Damascus to...

The threat of U.S. air strikes on their country may be receding for now, but Syrians queuing for passports in a central Damascus office were taking no chances. Dozens stood in line for hours on Tuesday, many returning for a second day, seeking passports in case talks over Syria's...

A first group of 107 highly vulnerable Syrian refugees arrived by plane in the northern German city of Hanover today from Lebanon under a special humanitarian programme announced by the German government earlier this year. "The airplane just landed and the families are getting off," UNHCR...

With his truck fully laden with vegetable oil, driver Mustafa Demir makes his regular trip to the Syrian border from  Turkey  to sell to rebels desperate for provisions as war closes off normal trade channels. "There is so much demand from the Syrian side. There is demand for...