Syrian President Bashar al Assad said Wednesday that sweeping new US sanctions amounted to a new stage of economic warfare against his government and were part of Washington's long- standing efforts to "choke" Syrians' living standards. In a statement, Assad also blamed the sanctions,...

Jordan will close for a week its only land trade border crossing with Syria after a spike in COVID-19 cases coming from its northern neighbor, officials said Wednesday. They said the interior minister's decision to close the main Jaber border crossing would come into effect Thursday...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least three militants from the Liwa al-Quds militia were killed Wednesday in an ambush by Daesh (ISIS) in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor. The ambush took place west of the oil-rich city when ten ISIS fighters attacked a military vehicle carrying  ...

Two new cases of COVID-19 has been recored in rebel-held areas, out of 95 tests, bringing the number to 45 in Idlib and the countryside of Aleppo,  The Epidemiological Surveillance Laboratory said Sunday . Dr. Mohamed Hallaj, director of the Syria Response Coordinators team,...