Syria's new central bank governor, Maysaa Sabreen, said she wants to boost the institution's independence over monetary policy decisions, in what would be a sea change from the heavy control ...

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Bashar al-Assad, an ophthalmologist who graduated from Damascus University (Syria) and specialised at the Western Eye Hospital in London (UK), had a sudden career shift to politics and became Syria's ...

JALAA MAREY / AFP UNITED NATIONS/LATAKIA, Syria — China hopes Syria will achieve peace and restore stability as soon as possible, and stands ready to play a constructive role to that end, a Chinese ...

Many who fled the civil war hope to return, as Syrians hold day of remembrance for victims of al-Assad regime. A tense calm prevails after checkpoints were set up by the new security forces in the ...