( Chicago Tribune )- For many Americans, horrific images of children bloodied and battered by Syria's civil war have driven outrage and financial support. But for a number of Chicago-based physicians, the conflict in Syria and the oath they took to save lives have converged in their homeland....

(Eqtsad)- Shiite influence has increased in Dommar, western district of Damascus, where many Shiite families have been brought to the neighbourhood, added to buying properties, houses, shops and lands of the neighbourhood to Shiite at high prices.  Ows al-Omawi, manger of...

A new round of United Nations-backed peace talks for war-ravaged Syria is set to begin in Geneva next week, the office of the UN mediator said Monday. "Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura will reconvene the intra-Syrian talks under the auspices of the United Nations in Geneva on 16 May 2017,"...

Syria's foreign minister said on Monday that his government would abide by the terms of a Russian plan for "de-escalation" zones so long as rebels also observed it. Walid al-Moualem told a televised news conference that rebels involved in the process must help clear areas they control of...