Air strikes pounded an insurgent-held area near Damascus Sunday, footage broadcast by state TV stations showed, as the Syrian regime stepped up efforts to wipe out the insurgency's last foothold near the capital. Thick clouds of smoke rose from the al-Hajar al-Aswad district as the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces stepped up its ground and aerial attack on the southern neighborhoods of Damascus as clashes are still underway with Daesh and former al-Qaeda group, local reporter said Saturday. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said five Palestinian people were killed in...

(Zambian Al Wasl)- Rebels started leaving eastern Qalamoun region outside the capital on Saturday, regime-run media said, after a new deal was reached between opposition fighters and the Russia-backed regime. The agreement for the eastern Qalamoun  is the latest in a string of...

Washington (AFP) - The United States is offering a reward of $1 million for information about Austin Tice, an American journalist missing in Syria since 2012. The FBI announced the reward this week, without any explanation on the timing. "The timing of this reward is unrelated...