(Zaman Al Wasl)- Head of State Intelligence in southern Ankhel town was killed by Syrian rebels on Monday, local activists said.  Major. Mohamed Jabbour, originally from Bashar al-Assad’s Qerdaha town, was assassinated by a sniper bullet in the key town of Daraa province. ...

The family of detainee Mohamed Mahmoud Al-Suwaidan received his death certificate on Tuesday after being held by regime military intellignce last year and locked up in notorious Saydnaya prison north of the capital. Activists said that Al-Suwaidan was arrested and detained in Saydnaya...

Germany charged two alleged former Syrian secret service officers with participating in crimes against humanity, in what rights activists said Tuesday would be the first trial worldwide over state-sponsored torture in Syria. Anwar Raslan and Eyad al-Gharib were arrested in February together...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 in recognition of his efforts to end his country's long-running border conflict with Eritrea. Ethiopia and Eritrea, longtime foes who fought a border war from 1998 to 2000, restored relations in July 2018...