Cubs non-roster invitee Brandon Birdsell is also dealing with an injury, manager Craig Counsell announced Monday.

Vladimir Putin offering refuge to ex-Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad in Moscow is undermining Russia’s talks to keep its forces ...

Chicago Cubs pitchers Javier Assad (oblique) and Brandon Birdsell (lat, shoulder) are both dealing with injuries, according ...

Assad is dealing with oblique soreness and will undergo imaging Monday, Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune reports. It's not clear when Assad was injured, but the tweak is bad enough that he's ...

Finding common ground with Turkey will be critical to Syria’s transition. Security continues to deteriorate in northeast ...

The Cubs bolstered their rotation depth in the offseason and apparently will need it early in camp, as one of their starters ...

Tens of thousands of people went missing in Syria during the Assad family’s rule, which stretches back to the early 1970s. A ...

Since the fall of longtime ruler Assad in December, Syria's authorities have dissolved the former military and security ...

Syrians are once again picnicking amid the ruins of ancient Palmyra, once desecrated by extremists but still awe inspiring, ...

Syria's new authorities have accused Lebanon's Hezbollah of launching attacks on the border and sponsoring drug smuggling ...

Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described ...

Western sanctions on Syria's banking sector are preventing critical investments in the war-ravaged economy despite huge ...