The Latest Breaking News from Syria

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Detentions and disappearances reported as an estimated 400,000 refugees make crossing into Assad regime territory

Syria accuses Israel of targeting a vehicle in Damascus, resulting in civilian casualties. Israeli military investigates the strike.

More than 400,000 people have fled to Syria to escape Israel's military operations in Lebanon, according to the United Nations. With the numbers expected to grow as Israel steps up its offensive, neighbouring Turkey, already home to the world's largest number of refugees, fears a new wave of people seeking…

Assyrian Americans got an influx of attention when former President Donald Trump mangled the word “Assyrian” while giving a shout out at a rally in Arizona

Syrian refugees are among those displaced in Lebanon from Israeli attacks. Many have nowhere to go and fear deportation.

Syria, the Huthi rebels in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza all belong to the so-called axis of resistance led by Iran, which on October 1 conducted a missile strike on Israel.

Recent events in the Middle East highlight escalating tensions, casualties, and retaliatory actions, underscoring complex geopolitical dynamics.

Two injured in rare strike on port city that is a stronghold of President al-Assad and located near a Russian airbase.

Syria’s military says Israel carried out a strike in the coastal city of Latakia, wounding two civilians and damaging a military post

French investigating judges have ordered the cement group Lafarge to stand trial in criminal court on charges of financing terrorism, as it paid off jihadist groups to keep a plant in Syria in operation until 2014, when the Islamic State armed group took control of large parts of the country.