Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The regime army has urged youth in Hasaka province northeastern Syria to join National Defense forces, a move seeks to bolster the lack in army's manpower. Activist Osama Mola-Mohammed explained that regime had gone to recruit youth in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have extended aerial and ground bombardment  on rebel-held countryside in southern Daraa province, activists said Saturday, pressing hard to cut supply routes of rebels. Syrian and Russian air strikes on Saturday have hit most of ...

Tunisia's defense minister has visited an anti-jihadi fence that's being built on the country's border with Libya to stop Islamist militants from entering Tunisian territory. Defense Minister Farhat Horchani inspected the first completed part of the 196-kilometer (122-mile) fence Saturday,...

Syrian regime President Bashar al-Assad's mother, Anisa Makhlouf, has died at the age of 86, state-run media said on Saturday. Makhlouf was married to the late president Hafez al-Assad, who ruled Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000. They married in 1957 and had five children:...