Jordan has given employers hiring Syrian refugees an additional three months to get work permits for them without paying fees. The Labor Ministry said Monday that 13,000 Syrians received work permits during an initial three-month waiver period ending last week, and that the program has been...

The Syrian regime on Monday sent columns of armored vehicles into the Daraya suburb west of Damascus in the largest deployment of its kind since it imposed a siege on the area in 2012. "The incursion, which is backed by [pro-regime] militias, is massive," Tamam Abu al-Khair, a member of the...

Writing by Ammar Bakkour (Zaman Al Wasl)- Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG)’s interests met with Syrian regime interests in fighting Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions in the northern side of Aleppo city.  They ignored what might happen to their presence inside Aleppo city if the...

Turkey is in the process of giving citizenship to Syrians who have never been involved in any terrorism related activities and who are seen as “useful” to the country, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday. Speaking at a press conference following a Cabinet meeting in the...