The number, far higher than any previous estimate, poses a test for the new government. Experts fear that sarin, chlorine and ...

BEIRUT (AP) — A 12-year-old boy was among four civilians killed Monday in Syria ’s Tartous province, provincial officials ...

two of whom had never seen Syria before. Moussa, 38, recalls, at one point, fleeing an area while pregnant and terrified, carrying her daughter and clutching her husband’s hand. The horrors have ...

KOAYIAH, Syria — An Israeli strike Tuesday in southwestern Syria killed at least six people as Israeli troops occupying the ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 21 (UPI) --The deadly clashes that erupted this week in an area between Lebanon and Syria have brought historical border issues and smuggling problems to the forefront ...

Lebanon's army said in a statement on Monday that it had handed over the bodies of the three killed Syrians to Syrian authorities, and that it had responded to fire from Syrian territory and sent ...

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.

and that it had responded to fire from Syrian territory and sent reinforcements to the border area. Syria's army sent a convoy of troops and several tanks to the frontier on Monday, according to a ...

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The escalation follows accusations from Syria’s interim government that Hezbollah terrorists crossed into Syrian territory, kidnapped three soldiers and executed them on Lebanese soil.

and that it had responded to fire from Syrian territory and sent reinforcements to the border area. Syria’s army sent a convoy of troops and several tanks to the frontier on Monday, according to ...