Three civilians were killed on Saturday by the explosion of an explosive device in the city of Afrin in northern Syria, state-run news agency reported.   Citing local sources, SANA said a powerful explosion rocked Afrin as a result of an explosive device affixed in a car....

Syrian regime forces backed by Russia's military police have besieged Daraa al-Balad city in southern Daraa province as residents refuse to hand over their own weapons, local reporter said Saturday.   Local activists say the Russian demand is a new trick to tighten control over the...

Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday called for escalating “popular resistance” against Israeli settlement building in the occupied West Bank. “The occupation government’s approval of a settlement scheme that includes 31 settlement plans in the West Bank proves the extremism of...

A draft U.N. Security Council resolution circulated Friday would authorize the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria across the borders of Turkey and Iraq, but Syria’s close ally Russia holds the key to its adoption. Russia has come under intense pressure from the U.N., U.S. and...