DAMASCUS, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Syrian security forces on Thursday destroyed large quantities of narcotics seized in western rural Damascus, an official from the narcotics bureau told Xinhua.

Simultaneous campaigns were conducted in Aleppo’s Nairab district, Jaramana in the Damascus countryside, and northern Daraa. Security sources said the operation in rural Homs targets “remnants of ...

According to the initial assessment, Damascus needs 7 new bakeries, Rural Damascus 8, Aleppo 45, Homs 13, Hama 5, Latakia 28, Tartus 4, Deir Ezzor 12, Idlib 33, and Daraa 8. The bakery director ...

Debra Tice, mother of journalist Austin Tice who disappeared while reporting in Syria in 2012, speaks after an interview with Reuters in Damascus ...

Residents found two unidentified bodies in the town of Ma’araba, part of the Al-Tal area in Rural Damascus, on the outskirts of the Qasioun road. The bodies bore gunshot wounds indicative of "field ...

Damascus: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani said that Qatar welcomes the new Syrian administration's positive moves, and that ...

Qatar's PM Arrives in Damascus to Meet With De Facto Ruler Sharaa, Al Jazeera Live Shows DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on ...

“You can walk around Damascus now without encountering checkpoints, without having to see pictures of Bashar al-Assad everywhere,” said Bassam al-Kuwatli, president of the Syrian liberal party Ahrar. ...

(Turkish Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP) ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish Airlines will resume its flights to Damascus, Syria, next week after a halt of more than a decade, officials said ...

These operations have focused on key areas, including rural Damascus and Homs, with the largest efforts concentrated on the coastal regions, historically home to many former regime officers. Public ...

They included some jailed at the notorious Sednaya prison outside Damascus, where his Office documented violations “for years”. The UN rights chief described prisoners telling him that “early in the ...