DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday signed into law a bill enshrining a six-month jail sentence for citizens residing in the country who spread disinformation undermining the state’s reputation. Under the previous law, only Syrians residing abroad could be hit with jail...

Unidentified gunmen launched separate attacks on Saturday, targeting military and security checkpoints in the town of al-Sanamayn in southern Daraa province. Zaman al-Wasl correspondent said the attacks affected the checkpoints of "Qaita, al-Souk, the Moustafa complex, and al-Zein...

Syria's response coordinators group said Friday that the number of internally displaced persons is 6.9 million, while the number of those abroad has reached 6.6 million, and the number of displaced Syrians living in the camps is 1.9 million. On the 11th anniversary of the Syrian...

Syrian local markets are witnessing a permanent rise in prices and cannot be called price fluctuations because the term “volatility” includes ups and downs, which is completely contrary to what is happening on the ground, a pro-regime economist told the government Tishreen newspaper....