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

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

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".

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said at least 1,400 Alawites were killed by Sunni militiamen and government forces during massacres in Latakia in March and April.

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have seen no "active ties" this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading Syria's interim government, an unpublished U.N. report said, a finding that could strengthen an expected U.

Clashes between armed groups in Syria have killed at least 30 people as the United States seeks to support the new administration