Syrian government forces captured two villages near the border with Lebanon on Saturday, continuing a weeks-long advance that has cut a major supply route for weapons and fighters into the country from eastern Lebanon, said activists and state TV. The villages of Flita and Ras Maara were...

President  Barack Obama , making his first visit to Saudi Arabia since 2009, met King Abdullah on Friday for two hours of talks that aides said would focus on Middle East peace, Iran and ways to strengthen moderate Syrian rebels. The elderly king, accompanied by a number of...

The opposition Syrian National Coalition snapped back empty-handed from Kuwait’s Arab summit Wednesday, analysts and activists said. The key opposition group has failed to get Syria Arab League seat after continuous promises and pledges by Arab state senior officials....

A mortar shell fired into Turkey from Syria exploded in an uninhabited area in the southern province of Hatay's Reyhanlı district late on Wednesday. No casualties were reported. Local news agencies reported on Wednesday evening that the mortar shell landed in an uninhabited area...