By Abu Abdullah Al Hourani;   Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Period of electricity cut-off has increased in Damascus and countryside, because regime lost control on petrol fields and pipes, refineries and electricity generation...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- One of Basher al-Assad’s close relatives was killed on Thursday when Islamist rebels seized control of strategic Sheikh Miskeen city in Daraa province, south Syria, activists said Aktah Ibrahim Shalish is the cousin of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamist rebels have taken control of strategic Sheikh Miskeen city in Daraa province in the Syrian south, activists said on Thursday. Backed by the hardline Islamic factions, al- Nusra Front overrun Syrian regime’s bastions...

BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army arrested 24 suspects including three Syrians with alleged links to terrorist groups and four gunmen over their involvement in last month’s clashes in Tripoli, part of the military’s nationwide crackdown on terror suspects. Security sources told The...