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At Syria border, Jordanians dash over for cheap shopping

Near the recently reopened border with Jordan, former Syrian rebel fighter Bahaa al-Masri sells date-filled pastries and sesame biscuits to Jordanians flocking across the frontier to snap up bargains. Syrian regime forces retook control of the Nassib border crossing from rebels in July,...

Tahrir al-Sham kills 8 army troops in Latakia: sources

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham jihadist group has attacked regime army in the coastal Latakia province overnight, killing at least 8 troops and wounding others, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The attack in the mountainous region of Jabal al-Turkman followed the death of 8 regime...

After IS, Damascus suburb residents blocked from going home

Abu Mohammed thought he could finally go home after jihadists were expelled from his Damascus suburb, but he says Syrian authorities have blocked his return by wrongly classifying his dwelling as unfit to live in. In May, regime forces turfed the Islamic State group out of a chunk of...