(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two to three cases weekly of abduction of women and children and robbery in central Hama city, local activists said. Activist Mueed al-Midani confirmed that al-Qusur neighborhood witnesses daily abduction of women and children even during the day time. The kidnap operations...

The U.N. special envoy for Syria has vowed to take fragile peace talks into next week despite a walkout by the main armed opposition, a breakdown in a truce and signs that both sides are gearing up to escalate the five-year-old civil war. Staffan de Mistura, who dismissed the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The recent attack by regime forces to recapture al-Kabaneh village, the highest point in Latakia province, has been failed for the11th time in seven months. The strategic al-Kabaneh is a cross point between Hama, Idlib and Latakia Provinces. The regime lost 200 soldiers...

Writing by Abdulsalam Haj Bakri (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces jave continuted its shelling on rebel-held areas in Latakia province in a flagrant violation to the U.S.-engineered ceasefire deal seven weeks ago amid an international silence and obvious hesitation of rebels to respond...