UPDATE: The Turkish parliament has approved a bill authorising cross-border military operations in Syria, but insists it is not a mandate for war. ...

Chinese media has accused the US of spoiling for a fight with Syria after president Barack Obama warned Damascus that any use of chemical weapons woul...

Britain today condemned as "inexcusable and indefensible" the decision by Russia and China to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution threat...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has made his first public appearance since Wednesday’s bomb blast in Damascus that killed three members of his inne...

The bomb blast that killed three members of the Syrian regime's inner sanctum on Wednesday is being touted as the most significant strike against Pres...

The Syrian regime is poised to use chemical weapons, according to a high-profile defector. Speaking to the BBC, Nawaf Fares, the regime’s former...

Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad has suffered the first defection of a close ally since the regime’s brutal crackdown of the rebels began more than 16 m...

Tension between Turkey and Syria rose on Tuesday with PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan explaining to his parliament that Turkish military rules of engagement h...

My next book will be set, in part, in Georgia, and before going there I've been spending a few days reading about the place and its rich, painful history.

The head of UN peace keeping has said that situation in Syria has developed into a "civil war." Speaking to reporters in New York, Herve Ladsous sa...

Children as young as nine have been used as human shields, sexually assaulted and tortured by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accord...

Syria is on the edge of full-scale civil war following the latest violence in the country, United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon warned. Spe...

Syria is heading for “all-out” war, according to Kofi Annan. Reported by Reuters, the international peace envoy warned that the restive state w...

The UN's human rights chief has warned that Syria could descend into all-out civil war unless UN member states demand an independent inquiry into the ...

Downing Street has warned the regime of President Bashar Assad that "we will not abandon" the people of Syria following the Houla massacre. David C...

Thirteen bodies have been found in Syria on Wednesday, according to UN inspectors. Reuters is quoting General Mood, the lead observer for the UN, ...

PARIS — Governments around the world expelled Syrian ambassadors and diplomats on Tuesday, an unusual, coordinated blow to Syrian President Bashar A...