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Lebanon's Hezbollah denies role in Israel border clash

The Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah denied any involvement in fighting Monday on the Lebanon-Israel border after the Jewish state said it had repelled an infiltration attempt by "terrorists". Hezbollah "confirms that it did not take part in any clash and did not open fire in today's events...

Turkish-backed fighters thwart YPG attack near Ras Al Ayn

Turkish-bakced Syrian forces have thwarted an attack by Kurdish YPG militia in northeastern Ras al-Ayn region, a military source told Zaman al-Wasl Monday. The third infiltration attempt in a week into Ras al-Ayn was fended off by National Army fighters as YPG sleeper cells try to carry...

Images of torture haunt ex-prisoner in Syria

Held for years in regime prisons, Ali Khatip, a lawyer, cannot forget his moments in the torture dungeons in Syria. In an interview with Anadolu Agency, Khatip, from Syria's northwestern Idlib who was subjected to severe torture in regime prisons for about seven years, recalled the inhumane...

Makhlouf says front companies used to dodge sanctions

Syrian businessman Rami Makhlouf revealed Sunday he had set up a web of offshore front companies to help President Bashar al Assad evade Western sanctions, in a social media post blasting the government for investigating his business empire. One of Syria's richest and most powerful...