On April 13, Akram al-Hawrani, the spokesperson for Syria’s 8th Brigade, announced that the unit would be dissolved and its forces and equipment would be handed over to the Syrian Defense Ministry. On ...

Several people were killed and dozens injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Greek Orthodox church in Syria's capital Damascus on Sunday. That's according to local health authorities and ...

DAMASCUS, Syria(AP) — Representatives of Syria’s civil society held rare open discussions Saturday in Damascus in the presence of officials from the European Union and the transitional government.

“See, Damascus will cease to be a city and will become a heap of ruins. Her towns will be deserted forever.” That’s a prophetic passage from the Biblical book of Isaiah, chapter 17, and now some ...