Syrian opposition figures and Gulf commentators dismissed Wednesday a Russian draft proposal for a process to solve the Syrian crisis, saying Moscow's aim was to keep President Bashar Assad in power and marginalize dissenting voices. A draft document obtained by Reuters on Tuesday showed Moscow...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 Hezbollah fighters were killed in Kweires air base battle  in the northern province of Aleppo that broke a more than two-year-old siege by the Islamic State group, Lebanese news feeds said Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said forces...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Hasaka (Zaman Al Wasl)-  Thousands of people on Monday took into streets of Malikia town in the norrthern province of Hasaka protesting against practices and abuses of the Democratic Union Party (PYD). The demonstaruion that was  faced by...

Saudi Arabia is pushing the U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee to condemn Iranian and Russian intervention in Syria, a move that prompted complaints on Tuesday from the delegations of Iran and Syria. The non-binding draft resolution, prepared by Saudi Arabia and...