The UK has provided £4.5 billion in aid to Syria and its neighbours since 2011. But with the Assad era over and new risks ...

A dry wind rushes through the meanders of destroyed streets, bringing up the acrid smell of smoke laden with gasoline. In the ...

Six months since the collapse of the Assad regime, the Russian military presence in Syria has remained entrenched in ...

Assad has left Damascus, says Russia, as Syrian army declares end of his rule. President Bashar al Assad has left office and Syria after giving orders for there to be a peaceful transfer of power ...

A delegation of Russian diplomats arrived last Tuesday in a caravan of white SUVs for a summit in Damascus and an unenviable assignment: lay the groundwork for Russia to keep its military bases in ...

Syria Gunmen storm Iranian embassy in Damascus as Russia claims Assad left 'instructions' to 'transfer power' Iran says the gunmen are believed to be separate from the rebels who took down Bashar ...

Many observers point to Moscow’s close ties with Damascus going back to the 1950s as a reason for Russia now acting to defend the al-Assad regime in Syria against its many internal and external ...

A map of Damascus published on April 15, 2015, locates the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp. ISIS affiliates swarmed the location that year, clashing with rebels, jihadis and the Syrian military.

Foreign Sec David Lammy meets Syria's Ahmed Al-Sharaa as he arrives in Damascus. The Foreign Secretary became the first UK ...

A bakery in the Syrian capital of Damascus. Russia, a close ally of the former Assad regime, used to supply Syria's flour. Russia halted those supplies after the new government took power, ...