Fighters proclaiming allegiance to Islamic State seized most of a vast camp for Palestinian refugees on the outskirts of Damascus on Wednesday, a bid to capture the group's first major foothold close to President Bashar al-Assad's seat of power. Islamic State fighters already control...

A group of Syrian opposition fighters called the "Southern Front" have taken control of the Nasib border crossing along the Syrian border with Jordan, the rebel group announced Wednesday. According to a statement, the opposition fighters seized the border gate in Nasib town in southern...

Syria's Islamist rebels, who captured northern city of Idlib last Saturday, said number of procedures were taken to secure the Christian community in the captured city.   Rebel Commanders of Ahrar al-Sham movement told Zaman al-Wasl that Fatah Army, an alliance of Islamist...

Damascus (AFP) - Syria's government, presiding over an economy ravaged by war and facing dwindling foreign currency reserves, is taking new measures to slash imports and prop up exports. Importers require government licences that allow them to request a favourable exchange rate at the...