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Syrian authorities have arrested a cousin of former President Bashar Assad, who is under U.S. sanctions for his alleged role in drug trafficking and support to forces loyal to ...

Syria has carried out its first international bank transaction via the SWIFT system since the outbreak of its 14-year civil ...

The U.S. must take into account a plethora of security concerns if it reopens its Damascus embassy after 12 years of disuse.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syria this week carried out its first international bank transfer via the SWIFT international payment ...

Middle East leaders and their Western allies have been warning that Islamic State could exploit the fall of the Assad regime ...

Damascus, SANA – The Syrian Airlines Corporation announced that the Damascus-Istanbul-Damascus flight No. 443/4, scheduled ...

The United States' newly-appointed Syria envoy said he believed peace between Syria and Israel was achievable as he made his first trip to Damascus.

Fears are mounting that Islamic State fighters are regrouping in Syria and Iraq, exploiting security gaps to revive ...

The International Monetary Fund had said it visited Syria for the first time since 2009 as the country scrambles to rebuild ...

Damascus, Syria, holds the record as the world's oldest continuously inhabited city, surviving for over 11,000 years. Despite ...

The general, Bassam Hassan, is said to have shared grim news about the fate of Austin Tice, an American journalist and former ...