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The Syrian Interior Ministry says five suspected fighters killed and six arrested outside of Damascus.

Syria has deployed troops to reinforce the southern province of Sweida amid Israeli military activity that could be aimed at setting up a base in the area, security sources said. The troops have been sent to a front line in Sweida near where members of the Druze minority have mobilised militias with Israeli backing. Sweida, the Druze heartland, is one of sev

Two members of Syria’s Internal Security Forces were killed and five others injured during a raid against an ISIS -linked cell near Damascus, authorities said on Thursday. Clashes broke out during the raid in the town of Rankous, in the western countryside of Damascus, resulting in the deaths and injuries, the forces said. The operation was carried out with

Civilian with a disability shot dead during raid in Jamla, in western Deraa countryside, SANA reports.

Israeli forces killed a disabled civilian in Daraa province and abducted a young man while blocking a U.N. patrol in neighboring Quneitra province Thursday, according to local medi...

Israeli forces shot dead a civilian with disabilities during raids on homes in Syria 's southern governorate of Deraa, state news agency Sana reported on Thursday. Troops fired indiscriminately and snipers were positioned on roofs as the Israeli forces entered the village of Jamlah and searched homes, Sana reported. The man's body was transferred to Deraa Na

A gas pipeline in Syria's northeast was damaged in a "sabotage attack, " the state-owned petroleum company said Thursday, the latest such incident against an energy conduit in rece...