WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama’s former ambassador to Damascus harshly criticized the White House Syria policy on Tuesday, saying Washington should have done more earlier to arm moderate rebel factions. Robert Ford said in an interview with the PBS...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) DAMASCUS- (Zaman Alwasl)- Syrian security has arrested Rasha Shorbaji, 32 years old with her 3 children “Owais 4 years, Mona 2 years and Batool a year and a half old". Besides, their two aunts Bana al-Abbar, 38 and...

Russia said Tuesday it would not shirk efforts to find a political solution in Syria during its month-long presidency of the UN Security Council, calling for a new mediator to be appointed without delay. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, under fire from Western colleagues for...

Damascus, June 4 (IANS) Syria's electoral committee Tuesday extended the presidential voting period for another five hours in view of a high voter turnout, the media reported. "The closing time for voting has been pushed to midnight in all provinces...