Abdul-Halim Khaddam, a former Syrian vice president who became a prominent opponent of President Bashar al-Assad’s rule after fleeing to Paris in 2005, died on Tuesday in France, Salah Ayach, a Syrian exile who was close to him, said. He was 88. Khaddam died at 5 a.m. (0300 GMT) of a...

Kurdish-led forces in Syria put down riots by Islamic State (IS) militants in a prison in the country's northeast on Monday, hours after the extremists knocked down doors and dug holes in walls between cells, a Syrian Kurdish spokesman said.   It was not immediately clear if the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- About 100 military trucks carrying 1200 troops and 15 tanks moved from Saraqeb town in northern Idlib province and headed the areas of Eastern Euphrates, rebel source told Zaman al-Wasl Monday. The redeployment for the elite 25th Division in eastern Syria followed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two Syrian rescue workers were awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize by the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace, in recognition of the efforts made by the medical sector in opposition-held areas. Maysoon al-Masry, a volunteer in the Syrian Civil Defense...