Bashar al-Assad

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey deployed anti-aircraft guns and other weapons alongside its border with Syria, state television reported on Thursday,…

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu phoned world powers on Saturday to brief them about the downing of one of Ankara's…

The United States said Thursday there was no truth to reports it was ready, along with Britain, to offer Syrian…

BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree forming a new government Saturday, but it will be headed by…

A Syrian air force pilot defected to Jordan on Thursday, landing his MiG-21 jet fighter at a military airbase and…

France will propose giving the United Nations the power to enforce Kofi Annan's Syrian peace plan, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius…

Syrian troops have tortured children, executed them and used children as young as eight as "human shields" during military raids…

BEIRUT— Syrian troops attacked a rebel-held town in the center of the country with helicopter gunships on Monday and shelled…

Eighteen people, including 12 women and children, were killed overnight by shelling in the Syrian town of Deraa, where the…

Russia amplified its call for an international meeting on Syria on Saturday, saying sanctions or military intervention would "only aggravate…