The 13-year civil war in Syria has roared back into prominence with a surprise rebel offensive on Aleppo, one of Syria's largest cities and an ancient business hub. The push is among the rebels ...

Nabih Bulos is the Middle East bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times ... His work has taken him to Syria, Iraq, Libya, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Yemen as well as on the migrant trail through ...

A former Syrian government official has been indicted on torture charges by a Los Angeles grand jury, the US Department of Justice has announced. Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 72, of Lexington ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in ...

Syria’s Civil Defense has uncovered over two dozen charred bodies in two basements in rural Damascus, adding to the growing ...

Security personnel of the former government have come in the thousands to so-called reconciliation centers to settle their affairs.

Exhausted Los Angeles firefighters on Sunday braced for the return of yet more dangerously strong gusts, as California's governor slammed "hurricane-force winds of misinformation" surrounding ...

Standing before a cheering crowd in Damascus’ historic Umayyad Mosque, the broad and bearded Abu Mohammad al-Jolani declared a new chapter in Syria’s history. The leader of the rebellion that ...

A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison ... Federal officials detained the 72-year-old in July at Los Angeles International Airport on charges of immigration fraud, specifically ...