Crossing into Syria from neighboring Lebanon, visitors are greeted by giant posters of President Bashar Assad. The signs proclaim: “Welcome to victorious Syria.” In the capital of Damascus, many of the checkpoints that for years have snarled traffic are gone. The city is...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Zaman al-Wasl has obtained he names of detainees who have been freed due to the evacuation deal of the Shiite villages of al-Foua and Kefraya on Wednesday. About 1500 people, including 126 women and 75 children, were freed by the regime security and the Lebanese...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 1200 Syrian refugees who have been living near the Lebanese border town of Arsal will return to Syria by Thursday, local reporter said. The refugees will return backed to their towns in the western Qalamoun region which overlooking on the Lebanese Bekka Valley....

Dozens of buses reached two Syrian government loyalist villages under siege from insurgents in the northwest, as part of a deal to evacuate residents on Wednesday, state media said. Some 6,000 people will leave, emptying out the mostly Shiite villages of al-Foua and Kefraya, a commander...