There is reason for pessimism about this week’s conference in Geneva on the Syrian civil war. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has shown that he cannot be dislodged through force, and the rebels insist that they have no interest in any plan that does not involve his immediate departure...

  Al Salam Mosque in the northern Damascus district of Barzeh opened its doors and people started to hear Athan after 11 months of siege since the truce between rebels and Assad regime entered into force this week. Rebels of Barzeh have agreed a local ceasefire with the regime...

  Syrian rebels in the northern Damascus district of Barzeh have agreed a local ceasefire with the regime after nearly a year of fighting and bombardment, activists said, according to    Al Jazeera . The opposition local council said that after negotiations...

Assad security forces arrested a young mother, leaving her infant for strangers in the street days ago, activists said. Mountaha was crossing regime's checkpoints in the embattled neighborhood of Barzeh when she discovered that her name and her husband name on...