The prosecution of Alaa Mousa relied on the legal concept of universal jurisdiction, under which normal rules on territorial ...

U.S. officials are investigating an uncorroborated account from a high-ranking former Syrian official that American freelance ...

A Syrian doctor who had practised in Germany was sentenced to life in prison by a German court on Monday for crimes against ...

Syria was once among the closest allies of the Islamic republic, but the new government resents Tehran’s support for the ...

In a stunning shift in Middle Eastern politics, Syria, under the leadership of Bashar al-Assad, has rejoined the Arab League ...

More than a decade after being isolated by the Arab world for his brutal crackdown during Syria’s civil war, President Bashar ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin The new Syrian authorities has gone a long way towards gaining full recognition by the international ...

The Israeli army says two rockets have been fired from Syria into open areas in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights.

It has been six months since Syria broke free from 53 years of repressive rule. Now a former al Qaeda militant, Ahmed ...

An American journalist who went missing in Syria more than a decade ago was executed on orders from then-President Bashar ...

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for two attacks in southern Syria. One of them was an attack on government ...

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has in six months established himself internationally and had crippling sanctions ...