More than 410,00 Syrians who fled to Turkey during the rule of Bashar al-Assad have returned home since he was overthrown in December, the government announced Thursday. Turkey’s interior ministry said 411,649 Syrians had so far returned, the rate picking up in recent weeks, with the...

A UN team of investigators found in a report on Thursday that a major outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria’s coastal areas in March could constitute to a war crime. The report also pointed out at the involvement of all sides in these violations. The incidents invovled loyalists to...

Four civilians were killed and five injured in an explosion at an ammunition depot near the city of Idlib, northwestern Syria, the Syrian Ministry of Health announced Thursday. Local sources told Zaman al-Wasl that the explosion was caused by the detonation of an ammunition depot near the...

Turkey will provide weapons systems and logistical tools to Syria under a military cooperation accord signed on Wednesday, a Turkish Defense Ministry source said, adding that Ankara would also train the Syrian army in using such equipment if needed. Turkey, a NATO member, has been one of...