The Syrian government's antiquities chief said on Tuesday the historical city of Palmyra had been unharmed since ISIS seized it from state control last week. Maamoun Abdulkarim said was still afraid the jihadi group would blow up ancient ruins at Palmyra including tombs and the Temple of Bel,...

(By Abdullah Al Ghadawi; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Mona Ghanem, deputy head of the Building the Syrian State (BSS) party, accused Orient TV Channel of fabricating her words, which did nothing more than exacerbating sectarian congestion among Syrians. Ghanem admitted that Orient TV’s record...

(By Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Local activists said Abduction and killing have returned to Homs city as three bodies of two boys and a girl were found last week with signs of slaughtering and torture after being kidnapped. Activists reported that bodies of two cousin boys,...

At least 15 people were killed in Syrian regime air strikes around Palmyra, the U.K.-based Syrian Network for Human Rights said in a statement on Monday. The strikes close to the UNESCO World Heritage site in Homs province injured dozens more, the rights group said. On Sunday, the...