TOKYO (AP) — The Refugee Olympic Team was created by the International Olympic Committee for the 2016 Olympics to allow athletes to keep competing even if they have been forced to leave their home countries. It had 10 athletes at the Rio de Janeiro Games and is set to include 29 athletes this...

  Syrian Trade Minister said the government's decision to cut bread allocations has been reversed amid state of resentment swept the regime-held areas over the past week.   State-run media reported Sunday that Talal al-Barazi has declared the reversal of the decision...

DAMASCUS--After a thirteen-year hiatus in holding exhibitions in Syria, Hala al-Faisal returned to the art scene through a solo exhibition that included new and old paintings, spanning a long period from the beginning of the third millennium until today. The exhibition is being held in...

Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two were wounded in an attack on their armoured vehicle in northern Syria, and Turkish forces immediately launched retaliatory fire, Turkey’s defence ministry said on Saturday. “Our punitive fire against terrorist positions is continuing,” the...