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Syrian government troops stormed an area of Damascus populated by Palestinian refugees on Saturday after a four-day artillery assault on…

An explosion outside a mosque in Syria's capital killed five security personnel on Friday and wounded several others, state television…

Twin bombs exploded near a tightly guarded government compound in the heart of Damascus on Sunday, state media said, as…

  Head of EgyptAir Ayman Nasser said that larger planes would head to Damascus and Aleppo to accommodate larger numbers…

Four Gulf countries — Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia — urged their citizens to stay away from…

DAMASCUS — Syrian state-run TV says a bomb has exploded near a fuel truck outside a hotel where UN observers…

  Syrian forces shelled rebels in the battle-scarred Aleppo and blasts rocked Damascus on Saturday, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for the regime's…

An Alawite film director was assassinated near his home on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria's General Cinema Institute said on Tuesday. "Treacherous hands…

President Bashar al-Assad's artillery pounded rebel-held areas around Aleppo on Friday, preparing the ground for an onslaught on Syria's biggest…

BEIRUT — Damascus and Aleppo came under shell fire on Thursday as troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad stepped up…