Syrian rebels say the United States and its allies are sending them more arms to try to fend off a new push into the southeast by Iran-backed militias aiming to open an overland supply route between Iraq and Syria. The stakes are high as Iran seeks to secure its influence from Tehran to...

With oil production at its lowest in years, a total halt in phosphate exports and power generation sharply reduced, Syria's economy is on its knees, government ministers have said. The ministers were speaking at a conference hosted by the British Syrian Society in Damascus this week titled...

The sound of the blast in Syria’s capital Damascus brought worried residents running, but rather than carnage they found a crew filming one of the country’s famed television drama series. Moments before, director Rasha Sharbatgi had been wielding her loudhailer, calling for silence...

By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Measles has been diagnosed in southern Daraa province during the last few weeks, after absence for 11 years from the area. Measles, a viral infectious disease, but it can cause severe complications, it affects children mainly, but it can infect adults as well,...