By Zaman staff; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Ahmad Kassab Masalmeh, a Jihadi icon, was assassinated last Monday in mysterious circumstances in Horan, according to local activists. Masalmeh, known as Abo Muhammed Harasta, had...

Beirut (AFP) - Syrian rebels and Al-Qaeda seized the southern town of Nawa Sunday from troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad after months of intense fighting, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Both local rebel groups and Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front claimed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- People of Kafranbel city in the western countryside of Idlib province demanded on Sunday the National Coalition’s government to support the education process and to allocate needed fund to the schools as soon as possible. Activists said that people of...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian state newspaper criticized the United Nations envoy to the country shortly before he arrived in Damascus on Saturday, for pursuing a plan that involves halting fighting in certain areas of the war-wracked nation. The daily Al-Thawra newspaper...