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Urgent Need to Document Assad Government’s Abuses The transitional Syrian authorities should urgently take steps to secure ...

In a Damascus suburb, the head of Syria's tiny Jewish community visits the newly accessible Joba synagogue for the first time ...

Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israeli soldiers stormed and burned a hospital after forcibly removing staff and patients ...

Assad, Afaf Mohammed did what she could not for more than a decade: she climbed Mount Qasyun to admire a sleeping Damascus ...

The collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria following a lightning rebel offensive in November has shaken Assad-ally ...

"Our problem is not with Israel. We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security," Damascus Governor ...

The violence in Tartous province marked the deadliest challenge yet to Syria's new authorities. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

Syria's new authorities launched a security crackdown in a coastal region where 14 policemen were killed a day before, vowing ...

Syria's new authorities on Thursday launched a security crackdown in a coastal region where 14 policemen were killed a day ...