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Hezbollah from Resistance Movement to Militia

Zaman Alwasl: Prominent figure in the 14th-March movement, the fierce opponent to Hezbollah, said, How we can accept who kills Syrians in the new government. Atef Maghdalani, assured to 'Lebanon Debate' website that Hezbollah's immersion in the Syrian swamp will not be like Vietnam...

Funerals of Hezbollah Fighters to increase

  Zaman Alwasl-Reuters: Shiite villages and neighborhoods in Lebanon are witnessing an incredible increasing in the funerals of Hezbollah fighters who been killed in syria, especially in Qusair. The photo shows supporters of Hezbollah and relatives of Hasan Faisal Sheker , an...

Syria: Death and Prayers in Damascus

The golden cupola of the Sayyida Zainab mosque glints, magnificent, against the clear sky. In the courtyard, children play amid shoes shed by their parents before they entered to pray. Only the crack of gunfire, the hissing of bullets overhead and mortar fire close by disturbs the tranquil...

Syria’s frail economy, before and after the revolution

Before the bloodshed of the civil war in Syria, the country’s economy was diverse. The most important sectors included agriculture (22 percent of the economy), industry and excavation (25 percent), retail (23 percent), and tourism (12 percent), according to 2009 figures quoted by the Syrian...