A poster depicting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is placed on a building in Damascus CAIRO (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said on Sunday they have begun entering the capital Damascus without any sign ...

Rebel forces in Syria reached the suburbs of Damascus on Saturday, marking what the jihadist-backed groups called the “final phase” of their offensive against the government as protesters in the city ...

Members of the Syrian armed opposition forces pose for a photo as they rest their feet on the bust of a statue of former Syrian President Hafez al-Asad in Abdullah al-Jabri Square after seizing ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel launched airstrikes into Syria's capital of Damascus on Wednesday, hitting the Defense Ministry headquarters and an area near the presidential palace. Israel's military said ...

The Assad family’s decadeslong reign in Syria came to an abrupt end Sunday when rebel forces captured Damascus after a stunning lightning-strike rout across the country. Hassan Abdul-Ghani, senior ...

Rebel fighters claimed they captured the Syrian capital of Damascus early Sunday as government forces loyal to the country's president, Bashar al-Assad, were routed in a matter of days. The rebels' ...

Dramatic news today in Syria, where the capital, Damascus, has fallen to opposition forces. Syrian government forces retreated and laid down weapons less than two weeks after a coalition of opposition ...

The nearly quarter-century rule of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad came to a stunning end, when he fled the country by plane for an unknown destination as rebel troops stormed into the capital city of ...

A suburb of Damascus is at the center of the new Syrian government's struggle for control. Now, Israel is threatening to intervene due to unrest, turning this into a possible international incident. A ...