(Zaman Al Wasl)- Lawyer Abdullah al-Khalil disappeared in mid-May 2013, 75 days after al-Raqqah was liberated and the regime forces expelled.  Al-Khalil was one of the most prominent figures in the revolutionary movement in al-Raqqah and most of the eastern area. He disappeared, and...

The United States has accepted for resettlement just under 2,200 refugees from Syria since the conflict began in 2011. The vast majority arrived within the last year. They are now arriving at the rate of 45 a week. Though it’s picking up pace, the rate is still far short of what will be needed...

(CNN)- On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that effectively suspends the entry of Syrian refugees into the United States indefinitely. As he signed the order, President Trump said that this was "to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States." Full text...

A deal struck in October for Syria to buy one million tons of wheat from its ally Russia to prevent bread shortages in government-held areas has not been fulfilled and may never be, Syrian and Russian government sources said. A Syrian government official with knowledge of the deal said a...