Qatar officially reopened its embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus, raising its national flag over the building for the first time in 13 years. In the upscale Abu Rummaneh neighbourhood of Damascus, ...

Syrians who remained loyal to him through years of civil war fume that he left without a word. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Earlier on Saturday, the ruling General Command named Asaad Hassan al-Shibani as foreign minister, SANA said. A source in the ...