(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian intelligence has arrested a senior officer in the army after investigations revealed his role in a corrupt deal which supplied the army with ineffective bullet proof vests that resulted in the death of a large number of regime fighters.  Speaking to Zaman...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces carried out heavy bombardment Friday of a rebel-held district on the eastern edge of the capital in support of advancing troops, an activist and monitor said. Ain Terma lies in Eastern Ghouta, the largest rebel enclave around Damascus, which is part...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime on Friday stepped up its aerial and artillery bombardment on the eastern countryside of Daraa province, killing two people, local activists said. The heavy shelling targeted Allajat region at the border with Jordan and the towns of al Karak and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Lebanon's human rights minister called on Thursday for an inquiry into the controversial deaths of a number of Syrians while in the custody of the Lebanese army. "To preserve the army's image and prevent any rumors that may be malicious, we ask the relevant leadership...