Syrian regime forces have reached the outskirts of a key city on the edge of the country's last rebel-held stronghold, a monitor and a pro-government newspaper said Sunday. The mainly deserted city of Maaret al-Numan is a strategic prize lying on the M5 linking Damascus to Syria's second...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian-Somali Theater director Khaled Abu Bakr is currently finishing the final rehearsals for his play, “Change” that will take place at the Parkvila Theater in Alphen Aan den Rijn, in western Netherlands, in early February.  The play addresses the war and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Lebanese military sentenced has sentenced a Syrian refugee to three years of hard labor on charges of belonging to the Islamic state (ISIS) and planning to commit crimes against the Lebanese people and undermining the authority of the state, activists said Saturday. ...

With Syria's currency hitting record lows, a nationwide symbolic campaign has been launched by merchants, barbers, supermarkets and even gyms in the war-torn country to support the Syrian pound. Under the slogan "Our pound is our pride," the campaign encourages merchants to sell any...