The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called on Wednesday for a Syrian national reconciliation process to ...

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the extent of atrocities committed in Syria is hard to believe and ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

Syria's new authorities have detained an Egyptian militant who had fought with Islamist forces against toppled Syrian leader Bashar Al-Assad's rule over threats he made on social media to the Cairo ...

United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday said transitional justice was "crucial" for Syria after the fall of ...

The Syrian Immigration and Passport Service in the Al-Barmakah district of Damascus has resumed issuing passports to Syrians ...

International flights in and out of Syria’s main airport in Damascus will resume next week after being halted since rebels ...

The Italian minister spoke of cooperation between Syria and Italy in crucial sectors, but EU sanctions imposed over the last ...

WASHINGTON — Senior U.S. officials arrived in Damascus on Friday for the first ... The group is acting as the de facto government in Syria. Those discussions are expected to focus on ...

Despite the significant high turnout for the exams, around half of Syrian school-age children remain out of education due to ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — The newly appointed governor of Damascus has called on the United States to use its influence to push for ...