Syria's Supreme Constitutional Court has announced approving three candidacy requests out of the 24 it received for participating in country's upcoming presidential vote, due to be held on June 3.
Syria's national army has made major advances on Mleiha, a strategic town located southeast of Damascus, a security official says.
Foreign militants fighting in the ongoing extremist-marked war in Syria and al-Qaeda-led war in neighboring Iraq have threatened to target their own governments after they are done with Syria.
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has officially joined five United Nations treaties amidst the collapse of the so-called peace talks with the Israeli regime.
Several foreign-backed militants have been killed in a mop-up operation by the Syrian army in the western city of Homs.
The Syrian government is reportedly holding talks with foreign-backed armed groups over their withdrawal from a number of militant-controlled neighborhoods surrounding Homs.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about the need to ensure that the last stockpile of Syria's chemical weapons is removed.
Al-Qaeda’s American spokesman has accused the United States of colluding with military leaders in Egypt to topple its democratically-elected president last summer.
Deadly infighting between rival Takfiri groups has reportedly forced tens of thousands of Syrians to flee their towns in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour.
A Christian father in Ajlun province of Jordan has killed his 17-year-old daughter in cold blood after discovering her conversion to Islam, police sources said.