Although the US has said that it would not take part in any retaliatory strike from Israel in response to Iran’s largely thwarted salvo over the weekend, the Biden administration’s “ironclad” support for the country could still prompt Israel to...
In a dramatic escalation of the crisis in the middle east, Iran has launched a mass drone and missile attack on Israel..Retaliation by Iran has been widely p...
Among the victims of Monday's air strike in Damascus against the Iranian consulate was Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a high-ranking member of the Revolutionary Guards, his deputy Mohammad Hadi Hajriahimi, and five other officers. While Iran has blamed...
Israel, which rarely acknowledges such strikes, said it had no comment.
A top commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has been killed in an airstrike on the country’s consulate building in Damascus, Syria, according to Iranian of...
The strike killed Iranian Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who was the head of the Quds force in Lebanon and Syria, according to preliminary reports.
Team from Saudi Arabia arrives in Syria to reopen embassy in Damascus
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received an invitation to next week's Arab summit in Saudi Arabia, the presidency said Wednesday, the first such invitation since the country's war began.
The Arab League has re-admitted Syria after an 11-year absence. The decision was announced at an extraordinary meeting in Cairo on Sunday, more than a decade after Damascus was suspended in November 2011 over its violent crackdown of...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is on a trip to Syria. It reportedly marks the first state visit by an Iranian head of state to Damascus since the Syrian civil war began 12 years ago. CNN's Nada Bashir reports.
Read CNN's Fast Facts on Syria's Civil War to learn about the on-going conflict, the escalating refugee crisis.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Saudi Arabia's top diplomat in Damascus on Tuesday, state media reported, ending more than a decade of diplomatic deep-freeze between the two countries.
Two Syrian civilians were killed in an Israeli air strike Tuesday, state media reported, the fourth such attack on government-held areas of the war-torn country in less than a week.
CAIRO (Sputnik) - Two civilians have been killed as a result of an Israeli missile attack on the outskirts of Damascus and southern Syria, the Syrian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
DAMASCUS (Sputnik) - One person was injured as a result of a car bomb explosion in the west of the Syrian capital of Damascus, a local police source told Sputnik.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Damascus and Cairo are in advanced discussions to restore full diplomatic ties, and a top-level meeting is expected soon, The Wall Street Journal reports citing sources.
CAIRO (Sputnik) - Two Syrian servicemen were wounded in an Israeli missile attack on the outskirts of Damascus, the Syrian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
DOHA (Sputnik) - The Arab countries do not adhere to a single point of view on the normalization of relations with the leadership of Syria, and there are no noticeable changes around the situation with Damascus, Qatari Foreign Minister spokesman...
An Israeli airstrike hit the Aleppo airport early Tuesday and put it out of service, Syrian state media reported.
TUNIS (Sputnik) - The Syrian Foreign Ministry has condemned the recent trip of US Gen. Mark Milley to a US base in northeastern Syria as a violation of the country's sovereignty, Syrian state news agency reported on Sunday.
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - Humanitarian efforts of supplying Russian fertilizer to Syria cannot be carried out because of the American penalties, said Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyanskiy, adding that terrorist...
