The Syrian General Security announced today, Friday, the arrest of Brigadier General "Atef Najib", the former head of the Political Security Branch in Daraa, who arrested children in Daraa in 2011 for writing the phrase "Your turn has come, Doctor (Bashar al-Assad)" on the walls of their...

Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt is to reopen Saturday following a fourth exchange of hostages and prisoners under a truce agreement, a Hamas official and a source with knowledge of the discussions told AFP. “The mediators informed Hamas of Israel’s approval to open Rafah...

Baden-Württemberg Justice Minister Marion Jentings has called for reconstruction aid in Syria to be linked to the new Syrian government's cooperation in returning refugees. "Any support for reconstruction must be conditional on the new authorities' commitment to creating suitable...

President Donald Trump on Thursday said the US "will make a determination" regarding the troops in Syria following a report that said he intends to withdraw American forces. "I don't know who said that, but we'll make a determination on that," Trump told reporters at the White House. "We're...