In a rare public appearance on Friday, Hezbollah ’s leader,  Hassan Nasrallah , urged Arabs and Muslims to stay focused on opposing Israel despite bitter disagreements over the Syrian war, and declared that his Shiite followers would not bend in the face of rising anti-Shiite...

  The security situation is more complicated in Jarmana, 10Km, southern Damascus, reliable source told Zaman Alwasl. ''Large numbers of the pro-Assad militia (Popular committees) in the city with Druze majority, had delivered back their weapons to Assad Army,'' the source said....

Russia has dispatched another consignment of humanitarian aid worth $1.3 million to the Assad regime   The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday that the new batch, which was delivered to Damascus this week, includes medical equipment, clothes and food...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday he was confident of victory against rebels and made a symbolic visit to a town once overrun by insurgents but now mostly retaken by his army. The visit to the battered town of Daraya, southwest of Damascus, and a defiant speech illustrate...