Delivering police uniforms was a critical mission for Al-Sham— a symbol of what she wants Syria to become: a democratic country, with a civilian police force. At the police station, she handed ...

Spanish police have seized around 20,000 military uniforms and accessories headed to militant groups such as Islamic State (ISIS) and the Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, national daily newspaper ABC ...

Reporting from Aleppo, Syria — The informant began to beg as soon as he was pulled from the police truck, which was painted hot pink, blue and black in a poor attempt at military camouflage.

Relatives and officials say a Syrian-American man of the Druze religious minority is among dozens of civilians killed in sectarian clashes in southern Syria. The U.S. State Department confirmed ...

Jonathan G. Panter writes in The Wall Street Journal Europe that the power of Bashar Assad's Mukhabarat lies largely in its visibility.

The head of Syria's military police has defected from the army and declared allegiance to the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, according to a video and a Syrian security source.

A fact-finding committee presented findings on a wave of sectarian killings earlier this year. Human rights experts said the ...

Holding Syrian President Bashar Assad and his regime accountable for war crimes 13:23. Koblenz, Germany — A former Syrian secret police officer was convicted by a German court on Thursday of ...

Holding Syrian President Bashar Assad and his regime accountable for war crimes 13:21. A former member of Syrian President Bashar Assad's secret police was convicted Wednesday by a German court of ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Gunmen ambushed a Syrian police patrol in a coastal town Thursday, leaving at least 13 security members dead and many others wounded, a monitoring group and a local official said.

The war in Syria has torn families apart and driven millions out of the country, but it has also transformed some Syrians as they take on roles they never imagined. A 26-year-old woman from Homs ...