The symbolic raising marks the first time the U.S. flag has flown above Damascus since Washington shut down its embassy in response to deadly violence.

The United States' newly-appointed Syria envoy said he believed peace between Syria and Israel was achievable as he made his ...

The U.S. envoy for Syria, Thomas Barrack, raised the American flag over the ambassador's residence in Damascus on Thursday ...

A cholera outbreak in Sudan's capital has killed 70 people in two days, health officials said, as Khartoum battles a ...