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Two Reuters television journalists have been missing in Syria since Saturday night, when they were due to return to Lebanon.

Protesters and Syrian government forces clashed Saturday in the coastal city of Latakia, where demonstrators set fire to the offices of President Bashar Assad's ruling Baath party, an activist said.

Violence erupted as tens of thousands of Syrians took to the streets across the country, in the most widespread unrest in years.

A Syrian man who was held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has sued Defense Secretary Robert Gates and former military officers, seeking compensation for alleged torture and inhumane treatment during his nine years of detention.

Mideast rivals Israel and Syria announced on Tuesday ambitions to develop nuclear energy, with Israel facing the prospect that ...

Ambasssador will return after four-year absence, marking major step toward engaging Arab nation.

An anti-Syrian coalition defeated Hezbollah in Lebanon's parliamentary election on Sunday in a blow to Syria and Iran and a boost to the United States.

A senior U.S. envoy said Saturday he held "very constructive" talks with Syrian officials but cautioned not to expect immediate results, in a visit that raised hopes for the Obama administration's effort to ease the rivalry between the two countries.