Hospitals in Syria's overcrowded opposition-held enclave are suspending non-emergency procedures and outpatient services following the detection of the first case of coronavirus, a leading doctor in the area said Friday. The regional education department also announced it was closing all...

Syria’s Intelligence arrested three senior army officers following an espionage scandal that hit Bashar al-Assad’s special office and his inner circle, source told Zaman al-Wasl Thursday. Bri. Gen Mohamed Tawfiq al-Mohamed, Bri. Gen Shawkat Hassan Mayhoub and Colonel Ibrahim Salem...

The UN will announce Friday the results of a vote on a resolution to prolong cross-border humanitarian aid to war-torn Syria, the authorization for which expires that evening. It is unclear whether Russia, which vetoed a previous draft just three days prior, will once more block the vital...

Member countries of the global chemical weapons watchdog voted overwhelmingly Thursday to take action on a probe that explicitly blamed Syria for nerve gas attacks for the first time, diplomats said. The report in April by a new investigations team at the Organisation for the Prohibition of...