A funeral ceremony was held in south Lebanon for a Hezbollah field commander Friday, the Iran-backed group announced. Jaafar al-Sadek Harb was killed on the outskirts of Idlib on Thursday, according to a Hezbollah source. A statement from the group said that "Hezbollah and the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Top Turkish officials have alerted the commanders of Syrian National Army to prepare for a phase where confrontation might be the only option in light of diplomacy reaching a dead end in northwestern Syria, a well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl Friday. The...

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused Western countries of "bias" and "double standards" with selective aid to Syria's opposition territories. Speaking on Friday at a meeting with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen, Lavrov said "key Western capitals" do not want to send...

With Syria's currency hitting record lows, a nationwide symbolic campaign has been launched by merchants, barbers, supermarkets and even gyms in the war-torn country to support the Syrian pound. Under the slogan "Our pound is our pride," the campaign encourages merchants to sell any...