The UN Security Council will visit Syria and Lebanon next week as part of its diplomatic engagement ahead of Slovenia assuming the council’s presidency in December. The visit aims to assess regional ...

Israeli forces stormed the Syrian village of Beit Jin before dawn on Friday, triggering heavy clashes with residents and leaving at least 13 people dead, Syrian officials said. It is the deadliest ...

The U.N. Security Council will visit Syria and Lebanon next week, the Slovenian mission said Tuesday, as it looks to chair the council starting in December. The ambassadors for 15 member states are ...

Members of the UN Security Council are to travel to Syria and Lebanon next week in a rare trip they hope will rebuild confidence in the world body, and support stability in the fragile ceasefire along ...

1994 - Syrian President Hafez Assad’s oldest son and heir apparent, Basel, dies in a car accident. Second son Bashar, is called back from medical training in Britain and is groomed to take over his ...

Members of the security forces belonging to Syria's new authorities and supporters of former dictator Bashar al-Assad ...

The U.N. organization assisting in investigating the most serious crimes in Syria said Monday the country’s new authorities were “very receptive” to its request for cooperation during a just-concluded ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. organization assisting in investigating the most serious crimes in Syria said Monday the country’s new authorities were “very receptive” to its request for cooperation ...

Hundreds on docket for March violence in which over 1,400 were killed, mostly civilians, as fighting between government ...