Syria's defence minister announced a ceasefire shortly after government forces entered a key city in Sweida province on Tuesday.

Druse militiamen have been fighting with Bedouins in the Sweida Province, and Syrian government forces and the Israeli military are getting involved.

After two days of violence in the southern Syrian province of Al-Suwayda, control of security was taken by government troops on Tuesday, leading to new clashes between them and local groups. On Tuesday morning,

Syrian Interior Ministry officials said Tuesday that the country’s Internal Security Forces, in coordination with the Ministry of Defense,

The UK is to start processing Syrian asylum claims again, more than seven months after decisions were paused following the fall of the Assad regime. Asylum minister Dame Angela Eagle said the Home Office had "worked to lift the pause as soon as there was sufficient information to make accurate and well-evidenced determinations".

Syrian army begins withdrawing heavy military equipment from Suwayda to hand over city’s neighborhoods to internal security forces - Anadolu Ajansı

Damascus, SANA- Relations between Syria and the Jordan have entered a new phase of economic cooperation. The Syrian and Jordanian governments have agreed to establish a higher coordination council to enhance joint efforts, marking a significant turning point in the relationship between Damascus and Amman.

United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading Syria's interim government, an unpublished U.N. report said, a finding that could strengthen an expected U.