Israel carried out a series of powerful strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus Wednesday, escalating a campaign it says is in support of an Arab minority group involved in deadly clashes with Syrian ...

UN Secretary General António Guterres is alarmed by the ongoing violence in southern Syria, UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said on Wednesday. "He unequivocally condemns all violence against civilians, ...

Earlier Israeli strikes hit the Syrian defence ministry, as well as government forces in the southern part of the country.