A Syrian human rights activist described the Syrian regime's decision to release detainees over the past two days in several regions as a major deception, disproving this decision with numbers and facts.  Lawyer Abdel Nasser Hoshan said in a post on his personal Facebook page that...

Damascus (AFP) – Families of prisoners held for years in Syrian jails gathered Wednesday, hoping their loved ones were among the "hundreds" the government said had been released in a mass amnesty. A crowd of hundreds waited in the centre of the capital Damascus, with dozens camping out...

The Syrian Education Ministry acknowledged the spread of lice in schools in Damascus and its countryside, but denied that it was related to poor hygiene. The director of School Health in Damascus, Hatoon Al-Tawashi, claimed that the spread of lice in schools is not new and there are...

A Turkish soldier was killed and 8 others wounded, including six soldiers, on Friday evening due to artillery shelling by the Kurdish-led forces on the town of Marea in the northern Aleppo province, local activists said.