Assad, business owners have been waiting for Washington to ease sanctions and pave the way for an economic renewal.

The sectarian-tinged violence was directed at a suburb of the Syrian capital with a large population ... outside Jaramana and began shelling the city, setting off heavy gun battles, according ...

heading to an undisclosed location, according to Reuters and CNN. After seizing control of the strategic city of Homs, Syrian rebels advanced toward the capital, Damascus, and began entering the ...

TASS/. Fresh talks in the Astana format will be held in the Kazakh capital city on June 20-21 to discuss the situation around Syria, the press service of the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said on Friday.