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The overnight clash in Damascus appeared to have been contained, but it has heightened concerns that the violence sweeping ...

The agreement marked a major victory for Damascus in its quest to unify the country, as violent unrest continues to grip ...

At least 16 government security personnel were killed in a coastal region that was long a stronghold of the toppled Syrian ...

Two days of fighting along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest battles since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar ...

More than 1,000 people have been killed in clashes in the coastal provinces of Syria, according to one war monitoring group.

When the new government took over, it dismissed the Assad regime police and other forces, leaving a security vacuum. Now, ...

Residents described shootings outside their homes and bodies in the streets in Syria’s worst unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s ...

The scenes of elation following Monday night's declaration came in sharp contrast to the grim scenes in coastal communities ...

He said safes had been “broken open” by looters who entered the office just hours after the Assad brothers fled Syria on December 8 when Damascus fell to an Islamist-led offensive, ending the ...

They also served as an apt reminder to the new authorities in Damascus that they cannot reconquer the entire country nor impose their will on its diverse population by force. Attempting to do so ...

For Henry Hamra, who fled Damascus as a teenager with his family ... not the Syrian American Task Force. The Seattle Times does not append comment threads to stories from wire services such ...