QASTAL MAAF, Syria, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Rifaat Ismail's shoes sink into the ash where olive groves once flourished. Around him, the hills of Beit Awan village lie skeletal -- blackened trunks, hollow ...

ABU DHABI, July 7 (Xinhua) -- UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday met visiting Syrian leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa, according to the UAE's state news agency WAM. The two leaders ...