Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Gunmen killed two Druze civilians on road government had agreed to secure

Possible annexation of territory has long worried the kingdom

Counter-terrorism co-operation has been major goal of US overtures toward the new authorities in Damascus

Radeef Mustafa, a member of new transitional justice body, says how country holds Assad regime accountable will decide its future

Numair Al Assad was a junior member of the former regime

Damascus treads carefully on issue of Bashar Al Assad's presence in Russia

SDF set to become 'essential part of Syria's new army'

Supplies start streaming into Sheikh Maqsoud, on hill overlooking the country’s business capital

Residents tell The National they are unable to re-enter Ashrafieh and Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhoods

Tension has been brewing in city's Kurdish-majority districts

Only a handful of minorities among 140 newly elected parliamentarians

About 6,000 chosen electors are eligible to vote for 210-member legislature

With authorities blaming instability, voting has been limited to several thousand people

Legislature will exclude former regime loyalists, Mohammad Al Wali tells The National

Militant group claims it needs time to locate and recover bodies of deceased hostages