By George Hadad, Translation by Yusra Ahmed In the middle of Syrian crisis, the Ministry of Interior in Syria including the minister himself, were busy for 10 days in sorting out a gift given from “Fiorella Pasta Corporation” consisted of 15 tones of groats, Sugar and Pasta, and 600 cans of...

Syria’s economy minister was married Saturday to a leading television actress, media reports said. Humam al-Jazairy wed Dima Qandalaft and the two held a relatively low-key wedding party at a Damascus hotel, with a small number of family members and Qandalaft’s acting colleagues on hand....

(The Daily Star)- A former Druze rebel commander in the suburbs of Damascus was killed in a car accident this weekend in Austria, his friends said. They said Hussam Dib was en route to Germany when the accident occurred. Supporters of the uprising against the Syrian regime praised Dib...

The European Union imposed sanctions on a senior Syrian military intelligence official Friday, adding him to a list of more than 200 Syrians subject to an EU asset freeze. General Mohammad al-Mahalla has been head of the internal affairs branch of Syrian Military Intelligence since April,...