Syrian writer and veteran government critic Khaled Khalifa has died of cardiac arrest at the age of 59 at his home in Damascus, a close friend told AFP. Khalifa, who hailed from Maryamin in northwestern Aleppo province, was celebrated for his novels, television screenplays and newspaper...

SWEIDA, Syria: Hundreds of Syrians protested on Friday in the southern city of Sweida, as women play a growing role in the anti-government demonstrations that have rocked the province for over a month, activists said. Peaceful protests have swept Sweida province, the heartland of the...

  Almost five months since Arab states extended an olive branch to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, there are signs that some key architects of the initiative may be growing skeptical about his commitment to the agreement. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi this week said that...

Viral hepatitis is sweeping the Al-Shajara district in the Yarmouk Basin area in the southern Daraa province It began appearing about a month ago, due to contamination of drinking water, threatening the lives of more than 30,000 civilians there. Not a house in the region was free of...