Sudan’s president on Sunday became the first Arab League leader to visit Syria since civil war erupted there nearly eight years ago. Omar al-Bashir was greeted at the Damascus airport by Bashar Assad before they both headed to the presidential palace, where they held talks on...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Well-informed sources said head of the Air Intelligence, Major General Jamil Hassan, is in critical condition after a stroke. The war criminal, 65, was ambulanced from his office in Damascus to al-Shami Hospital in the upper-class suburb of al-Malki. This...

A bomb blast in a northern Syrian town held by Turkish-backed opposition forces killed at least eight people Sunday, activists said, the latest in a series of attacks to hit areas along the border where Turkey has troops. The spike in attacks follows Turkish threats to expand its...

Turkey would consider working with Syrian President Bashar Assad if he won a democratic election, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a conference in Qatar Sunday. Turkey backed the opposition to Assad in the Syrian civil war that broke out in 2011. Assad, whose...