People of the prominent Damascus Suburb, Daraya have established a charity institution to look after families of martyrs and wounded, they named it “Ghiath Matar organization,” Sources reported to Zaman Alwasl. The institution relies on donations and charity...

A commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards has been killed in  Syria  after volunteering to defend a Shi'ite shrine in Damascus, the Iranian Mehr news agency said on Monday. Commander Mohammad Jamalizadeh of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the southeastern...

Secretary of State John Kerry insisted Monday that US ties with Saudi Arabia are "strategic and enduring", even as differences on Syria remained after a visit aimed at easing tension. The top US diplomat was hastily dispatched to Riyadh to patch things up after rare complaints from...

Over the last few weeks, the growing plight of Syria’s civilian population has drawn belated international attention to the country’s failing health system. In late October, in the eastern part of the country, the World Health Organization confirmed an outbreak of polio—a highly...