Syria’s economy has been crippled by war. More than two years of unrest, violence and international sanctions have   depleted the regime’s foreign reserves   and led to soaring inflation. But the government hasn’t gone bankrupt.   That’s thanks largely to...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday he was confident of victory against rebels and made a symbolic visit to a town once overrun by insurgents but now mostly retaken by his army. The visit to the battered town of Daraya, southwest of Damascus, and a defiant speech illustrate...

 Forty people were killed and at least 120 people were wounded in an explosion at a weapons cache in the central Syrian city of Homs on Thursday, local Activists reported. The explosion occurred in the south-eastern district of Wadi al-Dhahab, which the army has taken over, the...

 Fierce shelling on al-Mashhed neighborhood in the city of Aleppo had killed 5 people at least and dozens wounded, l ocal sources reported to Zaman Alwasl . According to activists there's no armed presence in the neighborhood which is dedicated to the relief work only....