Companies from the United Arab Emirates are taking part in the Damascus International Trade Fair, state media has said, months after their embassy reopened in the Syrian capital. On Wednesday, a delegation of around 40 businessmen from the UAE arrived in Damascus "to take part in the...

The United Nations Security Council is considering a draft resolution that would call for a truce in northwestern Syria “to avoid a further deterioration of the already catastrophic humanitarian situation,” though diplomats said on Thursday that such a move is likely to face opposition...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Four policemen were killed Thursday when an armed group opened fire on their vehicle in southern Daraa province, state-run media reported.  No rebel group claimed responsibility for the attack that took place near the town of Muzayrib. More than...

Russian-backed regime forces seized several towns and villages in northwest Syria Thursday, as deadly air strikes hit the jihadist-held bastion, a monitor said. Seven civilians died in air strikes in the south of the bastion, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, a day after regime...