(NOW)- A treasure trove of documents leaked from multinational bank HSBC’s Swiss subsidiary have revealed that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s powerful cousin Rami Makhlouf was involved in shady business dealings with an Israeli national.   Alaraby Aljadeed on...

A ceasefire between the warring sides in a Syrian town and two villages has been extended until Sunday, sources on both sides said on Friday. The ceasefire between rebels on one hand and the Syrian army and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah on the other began on Wednesday. It halted fighting...

(Reporting by Soufian Jbawi; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Tens of rebels in Hafir Alfoka town in the western region of Qalamoun have handed themselves to the Syrian regime as large part of them have joined paramilitary defense forces. a move came to escape the severe siege and warning of...

Syria's warring parties declared a 48-hour ceasefire in two frontline areas on Wednesday after unprecedented mediation from Turkey and Iran, signaling a new approach by some of the main regional backers of the opposing sides. The ceasefire halted fighting between insurgents on the...