Syria's army cut the last main supply route for a rebel bastion east of Damascus Sunday, further tightening a crippling siege on the area, a monitor and state media said. "The regime has cut off the last main road for rebels leading out of Eastern Ghouta," the main opposition stronghold in...

 The Syrian capital's tiny tourist train is returning puffs of hope to a city encircled by war with short trips to the greener suburbs of Damascus. The train, whose large yellow wagon and leather seats can hold 100 people, had stopped running since the 2011 outbreak...

At least 18 detainees were massacred by the Syrian military intelligence in the northwestern town Jisr al-Shughour in Idlib province on Saturday, hours before the command of Syrian regime army and security units withdrew towards Latakia, activists and monitoring group said. The Syrian...

Syrian rebels on Saturday have taken full control of the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour, less than a month after seizing control of Idlib, the provincial capital there. According to reports from activists, the command of Syrian army and security units withdrew towards...