Hamas called on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to respond to the disbanding of its shadow government in the Gaza Strip by ending his sanctions on the impoverished enclave. Following Egyptian-mediated reconciliation talks with Abbas’s Western-backed Fatah faction,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Former al-Qaeda group backed by 5 rebel factions launched major attack on regime bastions in the northwestern province of Hama, local activists said Tuesday.   Hayat Tahir al-Sham alliance with key Islamist groups in northern Syria launched surprise attack on regime...

Rebel groups launched a large attack on regime-held areas in northwestern Syria on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and a media outlet run by the Lebanese group Hezbollah reported. The attack north of Hama city marks the biggest offensive in that area since March, and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Jawad Abu Hatab, the Prime Minister of the Syrian Interim Government and the acting Defense Minister has appointed Col. Abdul Jabbar al-Ukaidi as his deputy, according to a statement issued on Monday.   The prominent commander in the Free Syrian Army was appointed...