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Syria regime reopens doors of national museum after 6 years

Syria's National Museum of Damascus opened its rich trove of antiquities to visitors again on Sunday, seven years after war forced it to close and months after the government recaptured all rebel areas near the capital. Only part of the museum, and its collection drawn from the...

Syria summit says Idlib ceasefire must be safeguarded

  The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany Saturday called for a ceasefire around the last major rebel-held bastion of Idlib in Syria to be preserved. The four nations "stressed the importance of a lasting ceasefire" according to a statement read by Turkish President Recep...

Lebanon’s Aoun asks for support to repatriate refugees

Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Friday urged the international community to provide humanitarian aid to help Syrian refugees return to their homes.  Aoun made the appeal at a reception held in Beirut for a visiting French parliamentary delegation.  “The vast...