By Eqtsad- Yusra Ahmed Even a grave could become unaffordable in Damascus as houses allowances sharply increase. “It is even impossible to find an affordable grave in Damascus”, that was Mohamed’s reply to a query about...

Jordanian authorities refused on Saturday to allow an opposition figure based in Amman to enter the kingdom after short visit to Istanbul, source told Zaman Alwasl. The national coalition member, Dr. Jawad Abu Hatab, who runs a hospital in Jordan...

Despite a war, the Syrian government appears determined to go ahead with presidential elections on June 3. It is widely believed that President Bashar al-Assad will easily be elected to a seven-year term. The vote is to be held under new rules that block major Syrian opposition figures...

AP, Beirut- Activists say a makeshift bomb dropped from a Syrian government helicopter has killed at least five people, including two children. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory says the air raid took place Saturday in the town of Sarmeen in the northwestern province of Idlib. It...