( The Guardian )- For the 10 months I spent as a detainee in the prisons of Bashar al-Assad, I only saw my family in my dreams. At night, the screams would stop for an hour or two, and I could close my eyes and remember what it was like to be human. When I slept, I would return to my life....

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad delivered prayers for Islam's Eid al-Fitr holiday in Hama on Sunday, the furthest he has traveled inside Syria in years, showing his growing confidence. State television broadcast footage of Assad standing to pray in a large mosque in Hama behind its...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have been mobilizing troops to overrun the central prison in Hama as prisoners continue their second revolt within a year against jail conditions and harsh sentences, inmates told Zaman al-Wasl on Saturday.   The regime troops keep surrounding the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Iran recruited mercenaries from Salvador to defend the Syrian regime two years ago, such a move highlights the proxy war taking place in Syria where thousands of militants fight alongside the both warring parties in Syria, Bolivian journalist told Zaman al-Wasl....