The United States has frozen $125 million in funding for a U.N. agency that provides aid to Palestinian refugees, Axios news site reported on Friday, but a State Department official said no decision had been made on the payment. Days after President Donald Trump threatened to withhold...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Qalamoun Shield, a pro-regime militia, has become a key unit in the major offensive on besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs near the capital, local activists said. The group that formed from local fighters has been suffering heavy looses, activist Ahmed Yabroudi told Zaman...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- As regime forces backed by Russia's air force stepping up bombing on Idlib, activists have accused Hayat Tahrir al-Sham of hindering the de-escalation zone agreement where Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed last September to deploy Turkish forces in the northern province to protect...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Friday Prayers have been suspended in the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs as  regime forces and allied militias step up aerial and ground bombing on the last rebel stronghold around the capital, pushing to reach troops trapped in Harasta town. State television...