Israeli troops fired live bullets at Syrians protesting in the southwest Daraa province hours after Israel's military offensive and seizure of two villages on Friday, injuring one.   Earlier on Friday, Israeli forces seized two villages, Jamlah and Maaraba, in Daraa province's Yarmouk...

European Union leaders described the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria on Thursday as a "historic opportunity to reunify and rebuild the country" in the final statement of the EU leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium. The statement stressed the importance of a comprehensive political...

Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen Al-Faraya said on Thursday that 7,250 Syrians have returned to their country since the fall of the regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad about two weeks ago, explaining that most of them are not refugees. In a statement to the official...

Dutch businessman Martin ten Boomer, owner of Ottomania, a shop and founder of Ottomania, which sells handicrafts from former Ottoman Empire countries such as Syria, Turkey and Lebanon, said he was optimistic that some business would return. “We hope there will be room for trade...