Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Twitter accounts affiliated with al-Nusra Front posted photos saying they are Syrian regime soldiers took as captives in western Qalamoun region in Damascus countryside. The accounts said the soldiers were taken captives following a raid on the...

Air strikes killed 23 people at a holiday spot in northwestern Syria on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, the last day of a 72-hour ceasefire announced by the Syrian army. A riverside area in the town of Darkush, near the Turkish border, in western Idlib province was...

One third of local authorities in England, reeling from years of austerity cuts, are not prepared to house any Syrian refugees, a media report said on Thursday, following a UK government pledge to resettle 20,000 Syrians by 2020. Official data shows that more than 1,800 Syrian refugees have...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl)- Local sources said a Lebanese military checkpoint had arrested the Syrian journalist and activist Anas Idrees known on social media as Ahamd al-Qusaiyr. The sources said Ahmad has a valid legal status. Al-Qusaiyr is the spokesman of the General...