The possibility that a power cable under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Estonia has been sabotaged is being investigated after it stopped working on Christmas Day. Authorities in both ...

Large crowds gather in celebration near the Syria-Lebanon border. Follow live coverage of rebels entering Damascus. Raja Abdulrahim Hwaida Saad and Farnaz Fassihi Rebel fighters stormed into Syria ...

Syrian rebels have declared the capital Damascus “liberated” after entering the city to scant resistance from regime forces, while claiming President Bashar al-Assad has fled the capital ...

Syrian rebels seize Homs and advance on Damascus, jeopardizing Assad's rule. HTS, a designated terrorist group, leads the offensive as Hezbollah withdraws forces. Intense gunfire erupts in ...

Damascus has fallen. Once again. One of the oldest cities in the world has fallen. To rise again from its rubble, heralding a new order. In its rise and fall, Damascus has lessons for all ...

Rebel forces in Syria reached the suburbs of Damascus on Saturday, marking what the jihadist-backed groups called the “final phase” of their offensive against the government as protesters in ...

Syrian insurgents have reached the suburbs of Damascus as part of a rapidly moving offensive towards the capital. In recent days, the groups have taken over several of Syria’s largest cities ...

The Assad family’s decadeslong reign in Syria came to an abrupt end Sunday when rebel forces captured Damascus after a stunning lightning-strike rout across the country. Hassan Abdul-Ghani ...

A group of unknown gunmen stormed the Iranian embassy in Damascus on Sunday after Islamist rebels took the city and overthrew the regime of Bashar Assad, who the Russian Foreign Ministry says fled ...

Syria opposition forces have declared that the 24-year rule of President Bashar al-Assad has come to an end, hours after fighters entered the capital, Damascus, following a lightning advance ...

On the road to Damascus, New York Times reporters saw evidence of lawlessness and relics of the deposed regime. Rebel fighters have taken up positions outside public buildings and are directing ...