At least 250 civilians have reportedly been killed in Syria’s regime-besieged Eastern Ghouta district, a suburb of Damascus, within the last three days. Since Tuesday, regime forces have stepped up attacks on Eastern Ghouta using barrel bombs, artillery fire and other types of...

Russia is ready to consider a 30-day ceasefire in Syria but only if it does not cover Daesh (ISIS), Nusra Front and other groups "who are shelling residential quarters of Damascus", Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted Thursday as saying. Lavrov's comments, made during a visit to...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian pioneer and University student was killed in Damascus as family denied that their son has passed away due to random cross-fire, local activists said Thursday. Ahmed Talal Fares, from central Homs city, was preparing his graduation project in Mechanical...

Almost anything is more interesting than the massacre of civilians in Syria. Just look at today’s front pages. The Guardian leads on the slaughter of unarmed residents in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta, but for the rest it’s a mix of continuing scandals in international aid...