(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 42 regime army troops from the coastal city of Tartus have been killed by ISIS and rebels in the last two weeks, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. The death toll included 2 general brigadiers, 1 captain and 4 lieutenants, mostly were killed in eastern Hama and in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 105 army forces, including 10 officers, killed by the Islamic State in Hama province in a week of the heaviest fighting and shelling for months, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and activists said. The clashes were accompanied by heavy bombardment, with...

The heaviest fighting and shelling for months hit Hama province in northern Syria on Friday, a war monitor said, but there were diverging accounts of how the battle started. The clashes were accompanied by heavy bombardment, with dozens of shells and rockets being fired, said the...

Two senior Hamas members are making a rare visit to Iran, in an apparent good will mission - even as top leaders of Hamas court Egypt, which is allied with Tehran's regional rivals. The center of decision making in Hamas shifted earlier this year from the diaspora to the Gaza Strip, a...