Russia Friday urged world powers to help Syria's economic recovery and the return of refugees as its Damascus ally pressed on with a campaign to re-take territory in the seven-year war. Russian Deputy Ambassador Dmitry Polyansky appealed for an end to unilateral sanctions against Syria...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A third installment of refugees who had signed up to return to Syria started their journey home from the Lebanese border town of Arsal Monday morning, the Lebanese Daily Star reported. About 700 Syrian refugees who have been living near the border town of Arsal back to...

Crossing into Syria from neighboring Lebanon, visitors are greeted by giant posters of President Bashar Assad. The signs proclaim: “Welcome to victorious Syria.” In the capital of Damascus, many of the checkpoints that for years have snarled traffic are gone. The city is...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Zaman al-Wasl has obtained he names of detainees who have been freed due to the evacuation deal of the Shiite villages of al-Foua and Kefraya on Wednesday. About 1500 people, including 126 women and 75 children, were freed by the regime security and the Lebanese...