(Eqtsad)- The northern town of Sarmada at the Turkish border has turned a commercial hub due to the strategic position near the Bab al-Hawa border crossing. According to the 2008 population census, Sarmada’s inhabitants numbered 15,000 persons. A large number of the town’s population...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Syrian opposition's National Coalition delivered a political road-map last November to Donald Trump's Mideast adviser, stressing that protecting civilians and fighting the Islamic State will end up in a new Syria without Bashar al-Assad, sources told Zaman al-Wasl.  The...

Syrian rebel groups have decided to attend peace talks backed by Russia and Turkey in Kazakhstan to press for implementation of a widely violated ceasefire, rebel officials said on Monday, in a boost for Moscow-led diplomacy. Rebel groups took the decision at meetings that are underway in...

 A South African photojournalist has been kidnapped in northern Syria while working for aid group Gift of the Givers, the charity said. Shiraaz Mohamed, from Johannesburg, was taken by unidentified armed men on Tuesday as he tried to leave the country with other members of the group...