Syria 's regime  is trying to tap frozen funds in foreign bank accounts to step up purchases of food  stocks  including wheat, as civil war and a deepening humanitarian crisis push President Bashar al-Assad to seek new ways to feed his people, Reuters reported ....

Syrian Network for Human Rights documented   2588 victims last July,  1664 civilians and   924 Armed rebels . T he d aily average of killing was 90 people a day, 4 people an hour, SNHR reported.    The Network indicated that all numbers...

Syrian opposition chief Ahmad Jarba visited Daraa in the south of the strife-torn country near the Jordan border Thursday to mark the Muslim Eid al-Fitr feast, a National Coalition source told AFP.   "Jarba took part in Eid al-Fitr prayers in the countryside of Daraa, and made a tour...

AS THE 2011 Syrian uprising escalated, investors held their breath. Now, with the likelihood of a protracted conflict increasing, Syrian businesses are flocking to Jordan.  In 2012 the Jordan Investment Board (JIB) registered 114m dinars ($161m) of Syrian investment in the Kingdom, up...