A night-time fire in a shopping centre in the Syrian capital Damascus has killed at least 11 people, the interior ministry said, in one of the deadliest blazes in recent years. Many of those killed on Tuesday were security guards or staff who were on duty overnight in the six-storey...

The Syrian Civil Defense on Saturday put out nine fires that broke out in opposition-held northwestern Syria in the past 24 hours. The White Helmets firefighting teams said the fires included 4 houses, makeshifts, a bakery and a primitive oil refinery station. The Civil Defense teams,...

As the Syrian war has driven poverty and hunger to levels higher than at any previous point, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen told the Security Council on Friday that he would continue to focus on engaging the parties to bring an end to the protracted conflict.  “We will convene a...

A Syrian man was tortured to death by Faylaq al-Sham rebel group, following two hours of his arrest in the town of Jindires in northern Syria, activists said Saturday. The Military Judiciary in the opposition's Interim Defense Ministry said two members of Faylaq al-Sham were arrested,...

The Syrian Economy Minister revealed a set of measures had been taken in order to face the repercussions of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the Syrian economy. Samer al-Khalil said in a press conference, following a government meeting devoted to studying the repercussions of the...

Israel fired several missiles toward Syrian military positions near the capital Damascus early Thursday, killing three soldiers and causing material damage, state media reported. State TV quoted an unnamed Syrian military official as saying that most of the Israeli missiles were shot down by...

A child was killed on Wednesday when a cluster bomb left behind from the war exploded in agricultural land near the town of Jisr al-Shughur in northern Idlib province. Zaman Al-Wasl reporter in Idlib said that the 9-year-old boy died of his injuries sustained yesterday afternoon, and his...

Israel fired several surface-to-surface missiles toward Syrian military positions in the country’s south early Wednesday causing material damage, state media reported. State TV quoted an unnamed Syrian military official as saying that the missiles were fired from Syria’s Israeli-occupied...

A Palestinian human rights monitoring has documented the deaths of 4,116 Palestinian refugees in Syria since March 2011, most of them in Yarmouk and Daraa refugee camps. The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria has recorded the deathof 4,116 Palestinian refugees, including 493 women....

Activists and intellectuals from Sweida issued a statement in support of the new peaceful popular rally taking place in the southern Syrian city for three weeks to demand better living conditions and democracy. The statement pointed out that the peaceful movement has restored the Syrian...

The Syrian Prime Ministry announced new plan to expand drilling and exploration for gas and oil, in an indication of its desperation to recover the oil fields controlled by the US-backed Kurdish forces in the northeastern Syria. The director of the Syrian regime's General Petroleum...

(Eqtsad)- Syrian economist Abed Fadhliya said  the government’s decision to exclude anyone who owns a car with an engine capacity of 1500cc and the date of manufacture 2008 or above will have an adverse effect on car prices. in a statement to the pro-regime Al-Watan newspaper, Fadhliya...

A Syrian military helicopter crash-landed in a rugged mountainous area during a training mission in the country’s northwest on Thursday, leaving two of the five crew members dead. State media quoted an unnamed military official as saying that the helicopter faced technical problems while...

  Faisal Ahmad al-Khalouf, preacher and imam of a mosque in northern Idlib province, died inside the prisons of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham after three years in detention on charges of collaborating with the Syrian regime. Sources from the town of Ma'arshamsha confirmed to Zaman...

Israel fired several surface-to-surface missiles toward Syrian military positions south of Damascus overnight, causing material damage, state media reported Thursday. State TV quoted an unnamed Syrian military official as saying that the missiles were fired from Syria’s Israeli-occupied...

Four civilians, including three children, were killed in northwestern Azaz town due to a rocket attack by the US-backed Kurdish YPG militia. According to local activists, 12 more people were injured in the opposition-held town of Azaz, which was the target of rockets fired from the nearby...

The Russian military on Tuesday deployed long-range nuclear-capable bombers and fighter jets carrying state-of-the-art hypersonic missiles to its air base in Syria for massive naval drills in the region amid soaring tensions with the West over Ukraine. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu...

A bomb attached to a bus carrying Syrian troops in Damascus exploded Tuesday morning, killing one soldier and wounding 11, state TV reported. The blast happened during rush hour at a customs roundabout near the capital's landmark Omayyad Square, according to the report. It gave no further...

Residents of a village in the country side of Raqqa province in northeast Syria have said that oil pollution has contaminated their supply of drinking water, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Monday. Last week, the residents of al-Asadiyah - a village in the outskirts of...

After her son was killed fighting for the Syrian government in 2013, the state began paying Amouna al-Berri a monthly salary which easily covered all her household expenses. Today, the "martyrs salary" - given to families of people who have died for Damascus in the 11-year long war - barely...