With historic city still largely ruined from years of battle, residents express shock at scale of quake's devastation; 'It was the first time in my life I got scared,' one says

Powerful 7.8-magnitude tremor devastates already ravaged areas where millions of displaced Syrians live in housing wrecked by years of fighting and bombardment

Damascus regime's representative in Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says group's findings based on 'serious irregularities and defects'

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons investigation finds 'reasonable grounds to believe' helicopter dropped two cylinders containing gas, killing 43

Allies announce agreement as Tehran's FM visits Damascus, which has received crucial support from Islamic Republic amid years-long civil war

After deadly blast in Istanbul last month, attributed by Turkey to illegal Kurdish groups, specter of incursion raised as Ankara responds with airstrikes against militants in Syria

Syrian government opens Damascus-area camp -- where some 1.2 million people lived before the 2011 civil war -- for a rare visit by journalists to highlight its push for returnees

Rebel factions reportedly respond by targeting government positions with artillery and missiles; two children among the dead

Videos dating back to 2012-2013 show bodies transferred into mass graves in the southern province of Daraa

Algiers hails event as reunion for Arab world, yet key leaders Morocco, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain will be absent from summit