The so-called self-styled investigations website Bellingcat is heavily bankrolled by US and UK intelligence contractors that aid terrorist groups in Syria, a report says.

Syrian FM says achievements made by army troops in the fight against terrorism are behind the positive international overtures to the Damascus government.

Syrian government forces start mine clearance operations in another town in the southern Dara’a province.

Sixteen soldiers are killed and 10 injured in a militant attack in central Mali, officials say.

Jordan has fully reopened its main border crossing with Syria, in a step to restore extensive business ties with Damascus.

Syria's defense minister has made a rare visit to neighboring Jordan to discuss issues such as the fight against terrorism and drug smuggling, as well as the situation in the southern city of Dara’a.

Leaders of various Syrian tribes have held a gathering in the capital Damascus,  pledging to work with the army to expel foreign troops and return occupied territories to the state control.

Syrian government forces establish full control over Muzayrib town in the southwestern province of Dara’a.

President Assad meets Putin on a surprise visit to Russia, and is told that the unsanctioned presence of foreign forces hinders the consolidation of the Arab country's sovereignty.

Thousands of people return to their homes in Syria's southwestern city of Dara’a al-Balad, after foreign-backed Takfiri militants withdrew from the region under a Russian-brokered truce.