Syria’s new transitional government was officially sworn in on Saturday, nearly four months after the ousting of the Assad family, as the new authorities in Damascus work to restore stability to ...

Syria's new transitional government has been unveiled - nearly four months after the fall of the Assad regime. The formation of the new government marks a key milestone after decades of Assad ...

Colonel Magomedali Magomedzhanov was former commander of the 61st Naval Infantry Brigade in Sputnik, Kola Peninsula. One year after he was killed in Ukraine, the military man lives on at a school wall ...

The fighters, nominally aligned with Syria’s new government, had descended on the region and were looking for Alawites – a religious minority to which Syria’s former leader Bashar al-Assad ...

BEIRUT - Lebanon's Defense Minister Michel Menassa and his Syrian counterpart Murhaf Abu Qasra agreed on a ceasefire, the Lebanese and Syrian defence ministries said in statements on Monday, as ...

The defense ministers of Syria and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire on Monday, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported, after cross-border attacks left 10 dead and more than 50 wounded.

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Fighting along the Syrian-Lebanese border intensified on Monday as deadly clashes erupted between the Syrian military and Hezbollah-aligned forces. The escalation follows accusations from Syria ...

Syrian troops responded by shelling Lebanese border towns overnight, according to the Syrian defence ministry and the Lebanese army. Residents of the town of Al-Qasr, less than 1 kilometre (0.6 ...

BRUSSELS — International donors gathered on Monday in a show of support for Syria hoping to encourage the new leaders of the conflict-ravaged country toward a peaceful political transition ...