Pieter Lastman’s 1614 painting captures the biblical moment when Abraham leaves everything behind to follow God’s call.

After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...

Footage and satellite images reviewed by The Times show civilians in the compound. Thousands have fled violent unrest in the ...

The overnight clash in Damascus appeared to have been contained, but it has heightened concerns that the violence sweeping ...

A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to ...

Fierce clashes over the past two days between security forces under Syria’s new Islamist government and gunmen belonging to ...

An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days.

A Syrian security source said the pace of fighting had slowed around Latakia, Jabla and Baniyas, while forces searched ...

Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of purifying the country, according to eyewitnesses and video, providing a gruesome picture of a crackdown against ...

It's the worst violence since former President Bashar Assad was toppled. International alarm is growing over fighting in western Syria, where hundreds of civilians have been reportedly killed amid ...

Syria’s government on Sunday announced a probe after the killing of Alawite civilians triggered an international backlash against the worst violence since Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow. In its ...