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Roadside bomb kills pro-Assad militant in Hama

 A roadside bombing on Wednesday killed one pro-regime fighter and wounded others in the eastern countryside of Hama province. The suspected-Daesh attack near Atharyia road has followed days of clashes between regime forces and the radical group in the central desert province of...

On Syria river, craftsmen revive famed water wheels

On a riverbank in Syria's Hama, Mohammed Sultan tinkers away on a giant water wheel, one of a dwindling number of artisans able to restore the city's ancient wooden landmarks. Used for centuries to bring water to gardens and buildings on the shores of the Orontes River, the water wheels or...

Daraa as a model for Assad's deceptive reconciliation

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- In the summer of 2018, Ahmad al-Hourani, 40, a former opposition fighter,  signed with his brother Salam (then 26), the so-called reconciliation agreement with the Syrian regime in southern Daraa province.  Ahmed, who used a pseudonym in fear of...