Vietnam chose wisely. It invited its old enemy to build factories, sign defence pacts and invest in peace. Tehran must decide: does it want to be the next Vietnam - or the next North Korea?

Clashes that shook southern Syria this week have killed hundreds of people, including civilians, and drawn in an array of ...

More than 500 people have been killed in the sectarian violence that has consumed the southern province of Sweida in Syria ...

Ms Al Omar had allowed herself to smile as the flight cruised towards Damascus. But that gentle expression soon turned into ...

The Israeli military said it had "struck the entrance gate" of the Syrian regime's military headquarters complex in Damascus.

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a Syrian truce deal with Druze militants, a secret British relocation ...

Seven months after the fall of Syria's former president Bashar al-Assad, FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr gained rare access to sites across the war-ravaged nation, some of which have long been inaccessible to ...

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Christians in Syria are reeling after a suicide bombing struck a Greek Orthodox church in Damascus during a June 22 Divine Liturgy.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syrian Christians were struggling on Monday to understand why their community was targeted in a suicide attack and whether they can rely on the Islamist-led government's ...

Israel has carried out its first airstrikes in Syria in nearly a month, saying it hit weapons belonging to the government in retaliation for the firing of two projectiles towards Israel.

Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for two bomb attacks on the new Syrian government, which would be the first move against the new Syrian government since it took power in December ...