Syrian fighter pilot Ragheed Tatari was 26 when he was arrested. Now 70, the country's longest-serving political prisoner is ...

Israel has been suspicious of the Islamist former insurgents who formed the new Syrian government, led by President Ahmad ...

The move to reopen comes as international restrictions on Syria's financial systems begin to ease in a bid to give the ...

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has in six months established himself internationally and had crippling sanctions ...

During the 13-year civil war in Syria, the forces loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad carried out some of the most ...

The Israeli army says two rockets have been fired from Syria into open areas in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights. It marks ...

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for two attacks in southern Syria, including one on government forces that ...

Top secret intelligence files uncovered by the BBC confirm for the first time that missing American journalist Austin Tice ...

Turkey and Saudi Arabia are two Sunni powerhouses that have had a complicated and often contentious relationship over the ...

The extremist group, which once controlled large parts of Syria and Iraq, has opposed the new authority in Damascus led by ...

The U.S. designated Sharaa a terrorist in 2013, saying al Qaeda in Iraq had tasked him with overthrowing Assad's rule and establishing Islamic sharia law in Syria. It said the Nusra Front had ...

The sanctions were designed to put pressure on the Assad regime, but they also severely affected the general population by ...