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UN-Arab envoy to head Damascus after Tehran tour

UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi flew in to Beirut on Monday on his way to Damascus to try to whip up support for a peace conference on Syria, airport sources said.   Brahimi arrived from Tehran, where he said it was "necessary" for Iran, a key ally of the Damascus...

Waer neighborhood still under Assad's siege, No truce

Shabiha, Pro-Assad militia has breached a planned truce in al-Waer neighborhood in Homs which was supposed to open all blocked crossings to allow people breaking the siege after 3 week of suffering, local sources told Zaman Alwasl. Also, sources said that 7 people have been...

Kurdish militants tighten grip on Syria's northeast

Kurdish militants sought to consolidate their control of an oil-producing region in northeastern Syria  on Sunday after seizing a border crossing with Iraq  from Islamist rebels, activists said. Fighters linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has fought in...