Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad known by critics as the "butcher of Hama" for crushing an Islamist uprising in the city in 1982 before unsuccessfully ...

An old law from Syria's dictatorship is making life tough for human rights and aid organizations there. Is the Syrian interim ...

France's "absolute priority" was the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot ...

Lebanon’s Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri says relations with Syria have improved significantly since the fall of former ...

Officials hope to strike an agreement this year to send funds to Damascus ...

Beirut is seeking to build a relationship on equal footing with the new authorities in Damascus, but progress has remained ...

The statement was released on January 27, two days after the STG and SDF announced they had extended a four-day ceasefire, which began on January 20, by 15 more days. Two days after a ceasefire was ...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot met with his Syrian counterpart in Damascus on Thursday as part of a regional tour ...

France, Britain, Germany and the ​US on Tuesday welcomed the 15-day extension of ​the ceasefire between ‍the Syrian government and ​Kurdish forces, and urged all ​parties to strictly adhere to the ...

Lebanon's relations with Syria have made a dramatic positive shift post-Assad, deputy PM says - Lebanon's Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri says relations with Syria have improved significantly since ...