A refugee family is producing traditional Syrian Pita bread and pastries for the South African market.
Syria’s governement says a presidential election will take place on June 3, but Western leaders say the vote is a "parody of democracy".
Government forces may have carried out the Damascus chemical attack without the personal permission of President Bashar al-Assad, says a report.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has laid the groundwork for potential military action against the Syrian government over a chemical weapons attack.
An apparent gas attack in Damascus is thought to be the most significant use of chemical weapons since the gassing of Kurds 25 years ago.
Dozens of people have been killed and wounded in a fierce army bombardment of areas near Damascus, a Syrian NGO has said.
A car bomb has killed 53 people and wounded 200 in central Damascus when it blew up on a busy highway close to ruling Baath Party offices.
A car bomb shook the centre of Damascus, killing several people and incinerating cars on a busy highway close to offices of the ruling Baath party.
Tens of thousands have protested across Syria as a suicide bombing rocked the capital, killing 11 people fuelling scepticism over a UN peace plan.
Syrian President Bashar Assad’s opponents appear to be resorting to assassinations of loyalist military officers in an escalation of their campaign.
Arab leaders will call for Syria to implement a ceasefire, but there’s little faith that President Bashar al-Assad will halt his crackdown.
The uprising in Syria is swiftly transforming into a civil war that could lay waste to the country and the fallout is bleeding outside its borders.
State television in Syria has reported gruesome images from twin bomb attacks on security buildings in the countries capital.
Just 30 kilometres from Damascus a village holds onto a fragile liberty, writes <b>Ian Black</b>.
Damascus has been hit by a suicide bomb, killing 25 and wounding dozens, with state media blaming ‘terrorists’ for the second such attack.
