When he lost his lower leg to a 2012 bomb in Syria, Ibrahim al-Hussein never imagined he would one day swim in the pool where his Olympic idols broke records. In 2016, he was the flag bearer for a refugee team making its debut at the Rio Paralympics. He is now eyeing a return to competition...

Denmark has ordered the deportation of a Kurdish man from Syria as growing official hostility towards refugees living in the Scandinavian country means a new round of expulsions. Isa Kali, who lives in Frederiksvaerk, is among several hundred refugees who have recently been informed by the...

The Syrian military intelligence has arrested Major General Haytham Khaddour, Director of the Fuel Department, after he was caught in a major theft case amounting to millions of dollars, military source told Zaman al-Wasl Tuesday.   More top officers who supervised military gas...

Syrian state media reported late Tuesday an Israeli aerial attack near the Syrian capital of Damascus and in the central province of Homs, prompting a response from national air defenses. The Syrian state news agency SANA said the Israeli attacks came from airspace over neighboring...