Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Damascus on Monday for talks with President Bashar al-Assad and Syria’s foreign minister, the RIA news agency reported. Russia is a close ally of Assad.

Syria's Agriculture Minister Mohamed Hassan Qatna said that   ongoing “rigorous” investigations are underway on the fires that broke out in northwestern Hama province. The minister's statement to Al-Watan daily came in response to claims that fires were contrived as...

More than 200 United Nations staff members have contracted Covid-19 in Syria, as the global body stepped up its contingency plans to combat the fast spread of the pandemic in the country, medical workers and UN officials have said. The UN's resident coordinator and humanitarian...

Two Turkish forces were wounded on Sunday by unidentified gunmen in northern Idlib province, according to Zaman al-Wasl reporter. The attack took place at the international Aleppo-Latakia Highway, known as (M4) while t he Turkish forces were having lunch at a local restaurant near the...