The government acted quickly to tamp down reprisals in the central city of Homs as it tries to manage repeated waves of bloodshed involving minority groups.

The Syrian government has fallen in a stunning end to the 50-year iron-fist rule of the Assad family in the wake of a rapid rebel offensive. Syrian opposition forces declared victory over President Bashar al-Assad’s regime early on Sunday, after fighters ...

Explosion in the Mezzeh district of Damascus injures one woman and causes material damage, according to Syrian media.

Syrian rebels reportedly planted bombs inside the Syrian army's General Staff headquarters in central Damascus on Sunday, Reuters reported. President Bashar al-Assad's forces bulldozed at least 20 buildings in the area that have supported the uprising on ...

DAMASCUS -- The head of Syria's air defenses was killed in clashes near the capital, Damascus, a government official and activists said Sunday, one of a few high-ranking military officers to be killed in the country's 3-year-old civil war. Lt. Gen.

(AP) Syrian fighter jets on Sunday bombed Damascus suburbs as part of a government offensive to dislodge rebels from strategic areas around the capital, activists said, as clashes raged around army bases and air fields in the country’s north. The Britain ...

Bullets and shrapnel shells smashed into homes in the Syrian capital of Damascus overnight as troops battled rebels in the streets, a show of boldness for rebels taking their fight against President Bashar Assad to the center of his power. For nearly 12 ...