State TV reports flights in Syrian capital to resume Thursday following serious damage to runway that forced planes to be diverted to Aleppo

Plane is first Syrian international flight to land at airport since Russia assumed control of It in 2015; flights diverted from Damascus airfield since alleged Israeli air strike

'They killed him in cold blood,' says mother of one of dozens of men whose murder by security agents is seen in footage; whereabouts of over 100,00 Syrians still unknown

Meeting with Supreme Leader Khamenei, Syrian president says strong relations between the countries serve as bulwark against 'Zionist influence' in Mideast

The Guardian details how, after receiving a harrowing video of the 2013 killing of 41 people in Tadamon, the scholars went undercover online to find the killer and get a confession

Journalist whose brother disappeared while reporting on Syrian civil war is now working on platform to help families get info on their loved ones who went missing in Syria, Iraq

Head of rights group says lack of punishment for those behind Syrian attacks 'lowers the threshold for the use of such weapons' in the future

Palestinians and Iraqis draw parallels between their conflicts and that of cheered-on Ukrainians; experts say there's greater moral clarity in opposing Russian invasion of neighbor

Washington urges allies not to normalize ties with a regime accused of 'horrific atrocities'

Visit is clearest sign yet that Arab world ready to reengage with Syrian dictator, who has been shunned since plunging his country into a brutal conflict