Syria said Israel launched new strikes near Damascus on Wednesday, after sectarian clashes left nearly 40 dead in two days and Israel warned against attacks targeting the Druze minority. Key Syria ...

In a joint statement on Wednesday, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said the operation in the town of Sahnaya, southwest of Damascus, was a “warning ...

ALBAWABA-At least 16 members of the Syrian security forces were killed in armed attacks targeting checkpoints in the town of Ashrafieh Sahnaya, southwest of Damascus.

Back in Ashrafiyat Sahnaya, Lama al-Hassanieh said the atmosphere had shifted - it was "calmer, but cautious". She sees neighbours again, but wariness lingers. "Trust has been broken.

Israeli warplanes on Wednesday carried out a number of airstrikes on the outskirts of the town of Ashrafieh Sahnaya in the Damascus countryside, southwestern Syria. Syrian state news agency SANA ...

Back in Ashrafiyat Sahnaya, Lama al-Hassanieh said the atmosphere had shifted - it was "calmer, but cautious". She sees neighbours again, but wariness lingers. "Trust has been broken.

Sahnaya is around 15km southwest of the capital and is home to residents from Syria’s Druze and Christian minorities.

Damascus, SANA-Life has returned to normal in the cities of Sahnaya and Ashrafiyat Sahnaya in the Damascus countryside, following the end of security tensions and the deployment of General ...

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, said that 13 people were killed, of whom 11 were members of the security forces while two were Druze residents of Sahnaya.

The U.N. mission said it collected evidence "that suggests that chemical weapons were used in Ashrafia Sahnaya on Aug. 25, 2013 on a small scale against soldiers." ...