U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said the United States will not change policy toward Syria to obtain the release of U.S. journalist Austin Tice and other detained Americans. “Our ask is that the Syrians release Mr. Tice, tell us what they know. They have chosen not to do...

Displaced Syrians in the Deir Ballout and Mohamadiyah camps in northern Syria have raised concerns about the suspension of the work of the Molham medical team by the Directorate of Health in Afrin, especially with 3 suspected cases of Covid. Dr. Ahmed Haji Hassan, director of Afrin...

An effort to reduce growing strains on overcrowded prisons in Syria, some holding thousands of captured Islamic State fighters, is being met with cautious optimism in Washington, even though it involves letting hundreds of the terror group’s adherents walk free. The plan put into motion...

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad moved Wednesday to exempt more low-wage earners from income tax, his office said, as the economy buckles under the weight of US sanctions and nearly a decade of war. The legislative decree, the first such amendment in years, widens the tranche of low-income...