According to UNHCR, some 13.5 million Syrians remain displaced internally or abroad. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Syrian authorities have arrested a cousin of former President Bashar Assad, who is under U.S. sanctions for his alleged role in drug trafficking and support to forces loyal to ...

The bank-to-bank transfer using the SWIFT system was symbolically important, indicating the war-torn country was ...

Syria has carried out its first international bank transaction via the SWIFT system since the outbreak of its 14-year civil ...

Damascus, Syria, holds the record as the world's oldest continuously inhabited city, surviving for over 11,000 years. Despite ...

Maher al-Assad is wanted for war crimes and reportedly fled to Russia by way of Iraq as rebel forces took over Syria.

Her remarks, delivered from the UN Security Council platform, signal a broader American initiative to reshape regional ...

The U.S. must take into account a plethora of security concerns if it reopens its Damascus embassy after 12 years of disuse.

For South Korea, the normalization of relations with Syria opens a new chapter for bilateral cooperation – and strips North ...

A nationwide sweep targeted the group's financial and propaganda networks as Ankara steps up efforts to counter the jihadi ...

The International Monetary Fund had said it visited Syria for the first time since 2009 as the country scrambles to rebuild ...

The U.S. government is investigating claims by a former senior Syrian official that Marine veteran and freelance journalist ...