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Russia has started establishing a permanent military presence at naval and air bases in Syria, the defense minister said on…

 For years, Abu George’s bar in Damascus’s Old City served imported beers under portraits of famous foreigners Che Guevara and…

Israeli fighter jets bombed areas west of Damascus late Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reports. Fighting alongside the…

Israeli missiles struck a military position near Damascus and Syria’s air defence system responded on Saturday, destroying two of them,…

In the run-up to United Nations peace talks at the end of November, Russian-backed Syrian government forces launched attacks across…

At least seven Syrian children were killed in government shelling of a rebel-held area outside Damascus on Tuesday, most as…

At least 11 civilians were killed and a school day violently interrupted amid intensive Syrian government shelling of a rebel-held…

A tightening siege has pushed people to the verge of famine in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, residents and aid…

Syrian opposition activists say malnutrition and shortages in medicine are increasing the suffering in besieged, rebel-held eastern suburbs of the…

Iran’s military chief warned Israel against breaching Syrian airspace and territory on a visit to Damascus on Wednesday, raising tensions…