Syria's Bashar al-Assad and one of the United Arab Emirates' most powerful leaders spoke on the phone on Friday — signalling a major thaw in Damascus' troubled relations with Arab countries, which had mostly boycotted President Bashar Assad and backed his opposition. The official...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Local councils in Aleppo’s countryside have doubled the precautionary measures against the novel Coronavirus, launching awareness campaigns about its spread and risks.  Abdul Khalil, head of the local council of Jarablus city, said a number of measures had been...

On a deserted street in the old city of Damascus, the new coronavirus has forced salesmen like Ahmad to close up shop indefinitely for the first time in Syria's war. "We've lived through some tough times during the war," says the 59-year-old, sitting on a chair on the pavement outside his...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish army trucks entered Idlib province on Friday, carrying US air missile systems, local activists said as Damascus and Ankara make rapid deployments in northern Syria despite a ceasefire deal reached early March. According to the military news sites, the HAWK...