(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels have executed a swindler in Damascus suburbs after a tragic crime he committed against his 3-year-old boy weeks ago, activists said Tuesday. Liwa al Ghorabaa brigade active in al-Tall town, about 10 miles ( 14 km) north of Damascus, have executed Imad Muhsin, a...

Syria's foreign minister will visit China this week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, amid a renewed bid by Beijing to play a more active role in finding an end to conflict in the Middle East. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem will be in China from Dec. 23 to Dec. 26 and...

Syrian President Bashar Assad, in one of his rare public appearances, attended the Muslim celebration of Mawlid marking the Prophet Mohammed's birthday in a Damascus mosque Tuesday, state media reported. The ceremony, broadcast on state television, was held in Al-Akram mosque in the capital's...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Jordanian authorities on Monday arrested Elaph Qaddah, a Syrian journalist who fled the Syrian regime's crackdown four years ago, sources told Zaman Al Wasl. Qaddah who was born in southern Daraa province is facing the threat of extradition to Syria since he is on the...