Israel carried out heavy airstrikes in the heart of Damascus om Wednesday, hitting the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters and an area surrounding the presidential palace.

Clashes raged in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on Wednesday after a ceasefire between government forces and Druze armed groups collapsed and Israel threatened to escalate its involvement in suppo...

Syria’s Defense Ministry had earlier blamed militias in the Druze-majority area of Sweida for violating a ceasefire agreement that had been reached Tuesday, causing Syrian army soldiers to return fir...