The United States is lobbying Gulf states to hold off restoring ties with Syria, including the UAE which has moved closer to Damascus to counter the influence of its rival Iran, five sources told Reuters. The opposing approaches are an early test of whether Syrian President Bashar al-Assad...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl that the Syrian regime is preparing to issue one of the largest reservation lists on the movable and immovable funds of a very large number of ex-employees who left the country. Lists of 40,000 names are ready to be...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Even though many dangers and possibility of dying while trying to reach a better life in order to escape the hell of bombardment and poverty, the attempts to enter Syrian territory through smuggling routes continues.  Many people call this a suicidal act, but...

The U.N. and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent have delivered badly-needed humanitarian assistance to more than 40,000 displaced people in a tent settlement near the Jordanian border. The World Health Organization said Friday that the delivery to the Rukban camp in southeast Syria took place...