Qatar’s emir says he was puzzled by the delay in delivering aid to victims in Syria of last month’s earthquake, adding that it was wrong to abuse humanitarian aid for political purposes. Qatar was among several regional states that backed rebels in Syria’s civil war, which has been...

BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese intelligence chief who has mediated the release of Westerners held in Syria and also acted as a mediator within Lebanon stepped down Wednesday after attempts to extend his term failed. Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim’s term as a head of the General Security Directorate...

The Action Group for the Palestinians of Syria issued an investigative report that monitors the most prominent events and violations in the Al-Tadamon neighborhood in southern Damascus and the conditions of the Palestinian refugees from the neighborhood. The 93-page AGPS report, titled...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Egypt's foreign minister Monday met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus and promised to deliver more aid to the quake-hit country. Sameh Shoukry is Egypt's most senior official to visit Syria since 2011, a day after Cairo's parliament speaker, Hanafy...