Islamist rebels have seized Base 46, last headquarters for the State of Iraq and The Levant (ISIL) in western countryside of Aleppo, Islamic Front sources told Zaman Alwasl. The former regular army base was under rebels’ control before expelling them by...

An expert in Turkish affairs said to Zaman Alwasl that Gul’s speech had driven out of context by media outlets, especially by Assad's loyal media. Analyst Abdul Qader Abdully said that President Gül did not mention any changes in Turkish policy regarding the Syrian people in...

The trial in absentia of four Hezbollah members accused of murdering former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri in 2005 opens at a UN-backed court on Thursday, with sectarian violence an undiminished threat at home. Nine years after the huge Beirut car bombing killed billionaire...

Lebanon: A suspected suicide car bombing killed at least four people and wounded 42 others in a bustling neighborhood in the northeastern town of Hermel Thursday, a security source told The Daily Star. The blast occurred during the morning rush hour near the town’s...