No immediate reports of casualties or damage in attack in central Syria; comes days after reported Israeli artillery strikes fired across border

In government-held territory, residents hope rapprochement will bring trade and investment, while in opposition-held areas locals feel increasingly isolated and abandoned

Foreign ministry official accuses bloc of 'repeating lies' that latest measures won't impact humanitarian aid or access to food and medical equipment

UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports artillery fire by Israeli forces into area near Quneitra, known as base for affiliates of Lebanese terror group, Iran

Demonstrators in rebel-held city of Idlib say normalization with government will come at the expense of ties with the people

Syrian troops are warned to stop cooperating with Iran-backed group after reported artillery strikes; small military drone crashes in Syria

Former officials allegedly agreed to push asylum for Khaled Halabi, a former top intel official recruited by Israel's spy service but accused of torture and other abuses for Assad

Ministers from Gulf Cooperation Council countries plus Egypt, Iraq and Jordan in Jeddah to discuss bringing Assad back into fold, angering rebels; Qatar denies détente on table

As Arab nations appear poised to welcome Bashar Assad back into the fold, a timeline of his and his father's decades of tight control and dictatorship

With leader coming out on top in civil war, Arab nations are now 'pretending that the past decade never happened,' analyst says