Conflict persists despite Assad’s renewed postwar control

Clashes in Syria’s Daraa Governorate on Sunday resulted in the deaths of at least 20 individuals, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor. The clashes took place following a previous day’s explosion that claimed the lives of at least seven children. Experts believe that these clashes could lead to a … Read more

Syria’s Faisal Mekdad calls for Israel to return Golan Heights

Syria’s Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad discusses the Syrian regime’s current policy in the region in an interview with Al-Ain News. It came on the sidelines of a meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers that recently took place in Cairo and is the 161st session of this confab. Much of this comes amid the ongoing war … Read more

UAE ambassador takes up Syrian post after 13 years

The first United Arab Emirates ambassador to Syria in almost 13 years, Hassan Ahmad al-Shihi, officially took up his post on Tuesday in the country’s capital. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org A sign of the thawing relationship between Syria’s Bashar Assad government and the rest of the Arab world, … Read more