(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...

It was in Baba Amr, in Syria's Homs, that the armed uprising against Bashar al-Assad erupted, but with people turning out to vote Tuesday as the president sought re-election, the spirit of revolution seemed to have vanished. A loudspeaker outside the Hassan al-Sabet school, the...