Air strikes hit rebel-held districts east of Damascus Thursday for the first time in weeks after shells landed in parts of the capital controlled by the Syrian government, a Reuters witness and a war monitor said. Fighting and bombardment around Damascus have eased significantly since...

The United Nations urged Russia, Iran and Turkey on Thursday to open up areas of Syria to the delivery of humanitarian aid in "de-escalation" zones whose parameters the three are meant to finalize. The three countries brokered a deal in the Kazakh capital, Astana, in May to create four...

(Eqtsad)- Several Syrians wishing to obtain new passports from the Syrian consulate in Istanbul complained about brokers’ offices and individuals scamming them by selling them fake appoints. The complaints emerge as its remains impossible for Syrians to register for an appointment on the...

(Zaman Al Wasl) At the regime security zone in Qamishli city, a few meters separate regime army members and a People’s Protection Unit traffic policeman. Neither party seems concerned with the other. The famous security zone in Qamishli city, which generated many questions for Syrians, is a...