The golden cupola of the Sayyida Zainab mosque glints, magnificent, against the clear sky. In the courtyard, children play amid shoes shed by their parents before they entered to pray. Only the crack of gunfire, the hissing of bullets overhead and mortar fire close by disturbs the tranquil...

  Zaman Alwasl - Agencies:  ''Everyone knows well that Russia’s stance on a whole range of crucial issues is not opportunistic,'' the Russian top diplomat emphasized .   Sergy Lavrov, the Syrian foreign minister as the opposition used to call him lately, was...

Confusion is still controlling the opposition atmospheres nowadays in regard to the participation in Madrid conference that will be held soon, Well-Informed source confirmed to Zaman Alwasl.   ''They are divided after talks that some prominent figures will participate like...

  A new Association founded recently, all its members are former prisoners. Their guilt wasn't a crime but politics.   "Freemen of Tadmor Prison" - Tadmor is the Arabic name for Palmyra- is an independent social gathering combining a range of...