Highlights: Leadership transition hands opportunity to Syria's neighbors Response by Syria's new government to inroads is uncertain Syria's leadership isn't the only aspect of the country to be ...

The buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights was created by the U.N. after the 1973 Mideast war. A ...

In the towns and villages of southern Syria that Israel has occupied since the overthrow of longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad, soldiers and residents size each other up from a distance.

How did Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad get away with murdering hundreds of thousands and dumping them in mass graves? Easy: ...

The raft of international sanctions on Syria must be reassessed to help the country rebuild following the ousting of president Bashar al-Assad, the head of the UN's migration agency said Friday.

Large-scale returns of refugees to Syria could overwhelm the country and even stoke conflict following the toppling of ...

The U.N. human rights office will send a small team of human rights officers to Syria next week for the first time in years ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that there was a "flame of hope" in Syria following the fall of president ...

Still, it is in everyone’s interest that Syria succeed. Syrians do not want to endure further strife and devastation, and the ...

The UN envoy to Syria called on Wednesday for "free and fair" elections after the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad, ...

UN humanitarian chief Fletcher is calling on donors to increase much-needed funds for Syrians, who are undergoing a ...

The first flight since the ouster of Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad took off on Wednesday from Damascus airport to Aleppo ...