(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 15 troops from coastal Tartus province were killed in January and February, pro-regime media activists said. The death toll included four army officers. The Alawites-dominated areas are still the main manpower supply for Bashar al-Assad's regime. ...

European countries will urge Saudi Arabia this week to release detained activists and cooperate with a U.N.-led probe into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in the first rebuke of the kingdom at the Human Rights Council, diplomats and campaigners said. The joint statement, due to be...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- One civilian has been killed and dozen wounded by regime shelling in northern Idlib province Sunday, local activists said.  The artillery fire struck the town of Khan Sheikhoun, marking a week of daily bombardmet in the southern countryside.   At least...

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, facing the country’s biggest popular protests since he came to power 30 years ago, declared a one-year state of emergency on Friday and called on parliament to postpone constitutional amendments that would allow him to seek another term in a 2020 presidential...