A major thunderstorm hit the Gulf region on Thursday night with heavy rain lashing parts of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and the Saudi capital Riyadh, which was the scene of major flooding earlier this week.   Earlier climate forecasts compelled the...

Rebels in Syria seized a key town Friday in Qalamoun province that has been under army control since the outbreak of the conflict, a monitoring group and the opposition said. Hundreds of rebels now control most of Deir Attiyeh, with the exception of the Bassel hospital and a small...

Assad’s State intelligence arrested deserted officer over charges of smuggling food staples and bread to the rebel-held areas in the embattled Homs that live under sever siege, Zaman Alwasl source said. State-run media, few days ago fabricated reports purporting that no...

Dozens of refugees from  Syria  detained in an Egyptian police station began a hunger strike on Friday to draw attention to their plight, several of them said. The  United Nations  refugee agency confirmed that 52 refugees of Syrian and Palestinian origin had...