DAMASCUS, April 25 (Xinhua) -- A powerful explosion shook the al-Mina al-Bayda area in Syria's Latakia countryside on Friday, the Britain-based war monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported ...

Syria on Thursday welcomed Britain's decision to lift sanctions on 12 Syrian entities operating in key sectors.

WASHINGTON, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The United States will roughly halve its troops in Syria to less than 1,000 in the coming months, said a U.S. military official on Friday.

ANKARA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday criticized Israel for escalating tensions in the Middle East, warning that its attacks on Syria and Lebanon threaten ...