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 ...

Syria's Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow as Islamist-led rebels captured Damascus Sunday, ending five decades of Baath party rule. Celebrations erupted nationwide. Assad's luxurious home was overrun ...

Damascus (AFP) – A silent crowd gathered in the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday to press the new authorities about the fate of relatives who went missing under Bashar al-Assad and to demand ...

An alleged Israeli airstrike near Damascus hit a weapons warehouse and killed several people according to Arab-language media outlets Sunday. Reports said there was an explosion in the city of ...

Insurgents' stunning march across Syria accelerated Saturday with news that they had reached the gates of the capital and that government forces had abandoned the central city of Homs. The ...

Hundreds of people have protested in Christian areas of the Syrian capital of Damascus after a video emerged showing hooded fighters setting a Christmas tree on fire elsewhere in the country.

The protests took place in Damascus Monday night after video footage on social media showed hooded figures setting fire to a tree at the intersection of a traffic circle in the majority-Christian ...

A Syrian opposition war monitor and two senior army officers said early Sunday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has left the country as rebels say they had entered Damascus following a ...

Qatar reopened its embassy in Damascus on Saturday, 13 years after it was closed early in Syria’s civil conflict, as foreign governments seek to establish ties with the country’s new rulers.

DAMASCUS, Syria — The newly appointed governor of Damascus has called on the United States to use its influence to push for cordial relations with Israel. In a wide-ranging interview with NPR ...

Locals in Damascus attended a vibrant winter market that brought food trucks, dazzling illuminations, and children’s attractions to the Syrian capital on December 23. The festivities came following a ...