In Syria about a decade ago, while the Assad regime was focused on crushing an uprising that challenged its rule, it faced a ...

Hamas says it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual-nationals who had died in captivity.

Mohammed, 15, learned about the dangers of unexploded ordnance at a UNICEF child-friendly space — knowledge he used to save ...

United Nations-backed human rights experts allege Israel has caused “disproportionate violence against women and children” ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule while promising to protect the rights of all Syrians for five ...

An Israeli airstrike targeted a building in an upscale neighborhood, destroying an apartment that neighbors said had been ...

Israel’s military has carried out an airstrike on a residential building on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus that it said was a command center of the militant group Palestinian Islamic ...

The question asked by many Syrians from Alawite, Shiite, Druse, Christian and other minority communities has become: “Can [I] ...

Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, arrested for pro-Palestinian protests, face off with feds seeking his deportation in court today. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Armed groups killed entire families, including women and children, during an outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria last ...

A series of violent clashes in Syria points to both the lingering Russian and Iranian presence in the country, as well as the ...