(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebel have withdrawn from Helfaya town in northwestern Hama province after cutting off the supply routes by regime forces and allied Shiite militias, activists told Zaman a-Wasl Sunday. The week-long heavy clashes in the northern countryside ended with the fall of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Saturday have engaged in fierce fighting with  regime forces and allied militias in Hama province as regime seeks to expand its territory along the strategic western highway between Damascus and Aleppo. The regime forces that advanced into the strategic...

Two Saudis were among a mainly Qatari hunting party freed after a 16-month hostage ordeal in Iraq, Saudi media reported Saturday. The 26 hunters, initially believed to all be Qataris, were flown to Doha Friday after being handed over to Iraqi authorities. Jeddah-based newspaper Okaz...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov voiced "regret" in a phone call with his U.S. counterpart Friday at Washington's opposition to a Moscow-backed plan to investigate an alleged chemical attack in Syria. In the call with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson which "took place at U.S....