The Latest Breaking News from Bashar Assad

The United Nations has condemned an intense wave of Israeli airstrikes on Syria as Israel said its forces were on the ground in Syria to protect the Druze minority sect following days of clashes with Syrian pro-government gunmen

Four days of clashes between pro-government gunmen and members of a minority sect in Syria have left nearly 100 people dead and raised fears of deadly sectarian violence

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani attended a U.N. Security Council briefing after raising his country’s new flag at the international body

The Foreign Office announced restrictions on sectors of the Syrian economy would be eased to facilitate investment in the country.

Land mines and other unexploded remnants of war continue to pose a deadly threat across Syria, causing widespread casualties and long-term harm

A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are still living in fear, with dozens killed in smaller attacks since the start of April

Syria’s president has granted a three-month extension to an investigation into last month’s sectarian killings of Alawite civilians in coastal areas that left hundreds dead The committee’s spokesperson said 41 sites of killings were documented but the committee required more time to gather additional evidence

South Korea has established diplomatic relations with Syria’s new Islamist government months after longtime leader Bashar Assad was ousted

Scores of U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters have left two neighborhoods in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo part of a deal with the central government in Damascus