(Zaman Al Wasl)- Key rebel factions in southern Daraa province have merged under one task command as the regime army mobilizes for a campaign to regain an area bordering Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, activists and rebels commanders said Wednesday. Rebels have been on...

The Syrian army stepped up shelling of opposition-held parts of the southwest as it mobilizes for a campaign to regain the area bordering Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, opposition sources said. Violence erupted at the frontline town of Kafr Shams, near the Syrian-held Golan...

Rebel shellfire slammed into the southern Syrian city of Swaida on Tuesday for the first time in three years, an activist group said, as fresh regime reinforcements arrived in the area. The government holds most of Swaida province but rebels still control much of the nearby Deraa and...

 Passports of Iranian travellers entering Lebanon will not being stamped, the Lebanese General Security has announced. Instead, landing slips will be issued. The decision has raised eyebrows in the country where Iranian-influence seems to be at an all-time high. The...