Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has called for a referendum on a new national constitution, despite the fact there's been no let up in the fighting in the city of Homs. Syrian state TV announced that ...

Refugees who managed to escape the ruined city of Homs say Syrian troops are kidnapping and executing unarmed civilians attempting to escape from the war-ravaged area. BBC reporter Paul Wood and ...

After 13 years of investigation, French judges charged seven former Syrian officials, including Bashar al-Assad, with complicity in war crimes for the 2012 Homs press center bombing that killed two ...

PARIS — French investigating judges have issued arrest warrants for seven former top Syrian officials, including ex-President Bashar al-Assad, for the bombing of a press centre in Homs in 2012, a ...

HOMS, Syria – UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi today witnessed at first-hand what he termed the immense scale of urgent humanitarian needs in Homs, Syria, while meeting displaced ...

Thieves have broken into the National Museum of Damascus and stolen several ancient statues from the Roman era ...

The Russian embassy in Syria has advised its citizens to leave the country "in the light of the difficult military and political situation." In a post on Telegram, the embassy said Russian nationals ...

Israeli air strikes hit areas of the central and western Syrian cities of Homs and Latakia late Monday, state news agency SANA reported. Britain-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human ...