New Islamist rulers are trying to destroy the drug empire that financed the former regime in Damascus. Can they succeed?

Ex-Military Intelligence officer warns of looming confrontation as Syria pushes for 1974 deal with Israel. IDF Col.

The clashes in March included murder, torture and other ‘inhumane acts’ that UN investigators say amount to war crimes.

Syria’s foreign minister accuses Israel of violating a 1974 agreement to advance its ‘expansionist and partition plans’.

An inquiry found that members of the new government’s forces took part in killing Syrian civilians during sectarian fighting ...

There are two countries in the Middle East where transformative change might be on the horizon: Syria and Lebanon.

A lot has happened in just a year on both sides of the Lebanon-Syria border. A lightning offensive by Islamist insurgents in ...

Syrian, U.S. and Jordanian officials said Tuesday they would work together toward a permanent ceasefire in a southern Syrian ...

Already, the Syrian crisis has prompted regional actors to take sides in what could easily shape up as a proxy war, he noted, with majority Sunni states such as Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the ...

War crimes were likely committed by interim government forces as well as by fighters loyal to Syria's former rulers during ...

From how Syria got embroiled in a bloody civil war in the first place to why the U.S. is getting involved now, here's everything you need to know about Syria, but were too afraid to ask.