(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 57 regime fighters from coastal Latakia province have been killed in the last six weeks, according to local activists. The death toll of Bashar al-Assad’s hometown increased after a counter attack by rebels in the northern province of Idlib and in the eastern...

Tunisia plans to increase support for poor families and needy people by some $70 million, a government minister said on Saturday, after protests broke out in the North African country. Protests, some of them violent, were held on Monday against austerity measures such as increases of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three senior officers operating in the Tiger elite forces killed by rebels in Abu Zuhour air base in the northwestern province of Idlib, activists said on Friday. A rebel command task said they foiled regime attack on Abu Zuhour base, leaving more than 50...

Tunisian authorities said Friday the number of people detained in a wave of violent protests had risen to nearly 800, as fresh unrest over austerity measures hit a provincial town overnight. Activists have called for a major protest Friday over the measures introduced at the start of...