German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will travel to Jerusalem on Wednesday, with Israel intent on toning down Europe's reaction to its annexation plans in the occupied West Bank. Maas is the first foreign dignitary to visit since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formed a coalition government...

Bashar al-Assad's rise to power after three decades of his father's iron-fisted rule raised hope of democratic opening. But 20 years later, Syria is isolated and war-ravaged. Crumbling under a stinging economic downturn, Western sanctions and nine years of war, Syria today is a far cry from...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The four-year-old Syrian refugee child Nader Tamakha suffers from congenital malformation of the urinary tract and is in urgent need for treatment amid fears of kidney function if not treated quickly. Doctors diagnosed the case of reflux in the urine as having a...

Peaceful protests against the Syrian government continued for a second day in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on Monday due to deteriorating economic and security conditions in the country. The demonstrators gathered in front of the governorate building, despite security authorities...