(The Daily Star)- The Lebanese Army said Wednesday that four Syrian nationals who had arrested for their alleged links to militant groups were referred to the judiciary. An army statement said Abdallah Muhammad Zakariya, Abdel Halim Abdel Hakim Bakkar, Ahmad Abdel Hamid Shehadeh and Muhammad...

Reporting by Abdul Hafiz al-Holani (Zaman al-Wasl) “The evil of a country where one has no friend, and evil is a human gaining what deafens” with this famous line of poetry for his beloved al-Mutanabbi, the refugee Mohammad Ismail Rahma begins explaining how he feels now as he prepares his...

Russia used an Iranian air base to launch airstrikes in Syria for a second day running Wednesday, rejecting U.S. suggestions its co-operation with Tehran might violate a U.N. resolution. Russia's Defense Ministry said that SU-34 fighter bombers flying from Iran's Hamadan air base had struck...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplanes have destroyed two hospitals in the town of Daret Azza in northern Aleppo province late on Tuesday, waging more than 30 air strikes, the town's media center said.  Most medical facilities in the the town were rocked by Regime and Russia...