The Israeli army said Wednesday that it struck the entrance to the Syrian military’s headquarters in the Syrian capital, ...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out airstrikes on the headquarters of the Syrian Ministry of Defense in Damascus on ...

At least 248 people have been killed in southern Syria’s Sweida province following several days of clashes that triggered the deployment of government forces, a war monitor said on Wednesday. Sporadic ...

Assad’s most-notorious death factory, the hangings had become routine. Once a month, around midnight, the guards at Saydnaya ...

My Road from Damascus, by Jamal Saeed, translated by Catherine Cobham, is shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. The winner will be announced on Nov. 21, 2023.

Rebel forces in Syria reached the suburbs of Damascus on Saturday, marking the “final phase” of their offensive -- and President-elect Donald Trump urged the United States not to get involved.

In Damascus, people stood shoulder to shoulder at one of Syria's holiest sites, the Umayyad Mosque, in the first Friday prayers since Bashar al-Assad was overthrown less than a week ago.

The overnight clash in Damascus appeared to have been contained, but it has heightened concerns that the violence sweeping the country’s coastal region could spread.

Syria's Islamist-led government on Monday said it had completed a military operation against a nascent insurgency by Bashar al-Assad loyalists, as it faced Western demands for accountability over ...

Syrian rebels appear to have entered the capital Damascus after facing scant resistance from regime forces, as President Bashar al-Assad’s decades-long grip on power appeared to wane by the minute.

After the fall of Syria's despotic Assad regime, life is slowly returning to one Damascus suburb, where the violence and painful memories of the past are being unearthed.

Fighters celebrate in Damascus' Omeyyad mosque after Islamist-led rebels declared that they have taken the Syrian capital in a lightning offensive, in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 8, 2024.