A leading Druze spiritual leader accused the Syrian leadership in Damascus of bombarding the southern city of Sweida despite having reached an agreement to quell violence, and he called on fighters to confront Syrian troops entering the city.

Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli says in response to killings of Syrian Druze that Ahmad al-Shara is "a terrorist, a barbaric murderer who should be eliminated without delay."

The UK is to start processing Syrian asylum claims again, more than seven months after decisions were paused following the fall of the Assad regime. Asylum minister Dame Angela Eagle said the Home Office had "worked to lift the pause as soon as there was sufficient information to make accurate and well-evidenced determinations".

Syrian army begins withdrawing heavy military equipment from Suwayda to hand over city’s neighborhoods to internal security forces - Anadolu Ajansı

Under the Assad regime, Saydnaya prison became a mass-killing machine; ‘a symbol of shame for the whole world.’

Damascus, SANA- Relations between Syria and the Jordan have entered a new phase of economic cooperation. The Syrian and Jordanian governments have agreed to establish a higher coordination council to enhance joint efforts, marking a significant turning point in the relationship between Damascus and Amman.

United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading Syria's interim government, an unpublished U.N. report said, a finding that could strengthen an expected U.

Clashes between armed groups in Syria have killed at least 30 people as the United States seeks to support the new administration