At least three women were killed and five children injured in a stampede in the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Friday, the Syrian civil defence said.

U.S. and E.U. sanctions aimed at punishing the former Assad regime have made it more difficult for Syrian hospitals to maintain equipment and provide care.

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International flights in and out of Syria’s main airport in Damascus will resume next week after being halted since rebels overthrew the former regime last month.

People set aside divisions and anxiety about the future to mark a once-in-a-lifetime moment of renewal.

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati will meet Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus o

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani is travelling to Syria on Friday to encourage the transition in the country following the ouster of President Bashar Assad by Islamist insurgents

The United States, which was stung twice in Afghanistan, recently warned Syria's new administration against adopting hardline policies like the Taliban. While HST leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has said that he did not want to turn Syria into a copy of Afghanistan,

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati will meet Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Saturday, two Lebanese sources said, becoming the first head of government to visit Syria's capital since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

Britain’s Foreign Secretary is to make a diplomatic push in the Middle East as London seeks the views of Arab states on the international efforts to help bring peace to Syria after the collapse of the Assad regime.