The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...

Tensions spiraled when a Turkish fighter jet shot down a Russian warplane near the Turkey-Syria border in November 2015, soon after Moscow launched its air campaign to support Assad. The Kremlin ...

According to Reuters, the new Syrian authorities, led by interim President Ahmed al-Shara, are negotiating a defense pact ...

Ankara and Damascus are working on a plan for defense cooperation, according to a Turkish official, who added that Turkey's ...

Hamas on Friday announced the names of three Israeli hostages to be released on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners after a delay that underlined the obstacles hanging over a fragile ...