Syria News

Amnesty International has said in a recent report that the Syrian governments siege of the Palestinian Yarmouk refugee camp south of Damascus constitutes a crime against humanity.

- A group of nuns kidnapped by rebels in the Syrian town of Maalula in December were released early Monday thanks to Lebanese-Qatari mediation and handed to the Syrian authorities.A monitoring group said the release was secured in exchange for some 150 w...

- A group of nuns kidnapped by rebels in the Syrian town of Maalula in December were released early Monday thanks to Lebanese-Qatari mediation and handed to the Syrian authorities, an AFP journalist said.A monitoring group said the release was secured in...

Damascus - Syrian regime troops Saturday captured a rebel-held town near a famed Crusader castle in the strategic province of Homs, state media and a monitoring group said, after nearly a month of fighting.The town of Zara, near the Krak des Chevaliers castle in ...

London - A charity's video transposing the effects of the Syrian civil war onto an ordinary girl growing up in London has gone viral on the Internet.Save the Children UK's 94-second clip, released on Wednesday, had racked up around 14 million hits on the YouTub...

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has declared in The Hague that Syria is removing its chemical weapons arsenal at an "increased pace."

After the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons announced that Syria has so far shipped about a third of its chemical stockpile out of the country the U.S says Syria isn't serious when it comes to dismantling its CW stockpile.

Homs - At least 15 people were killed and 12 others wounded in a car bomb blast in the central Syrian city of Homs on Thursday, an NGO said."At least 15 people were killed and 12 others injured in the Armenian district, which is home to mostly Christians and ...

Syria's Bashar al-Assad is discreetly preparing to be re-elected for a third-term as president of Syria. He has also voiced his support for Russian premier Putin's intervention into the crisis in Ukraine.

Syria's state-run media has accused Israel of targeting its forces with tank shells. This comes after Israel says it fired at two people they suspect were militants attempting to plant explosives on the Israeli-Syrian frontier.