(Zaman Al Wasl) PHOTO- The unstoppable roar of Russia's warplanes has caused a heart attack for Lojain Said, taking the life of the school girl who lived in the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour, the Civil Defense rescuing group said Monday. As more than half million people...

Sergei Skripal, the former Russian spy poisoned in Britain, wrote to President Vladimir Putin several years ago asking for a pardon for selling secrets to British intelligence, a friend told the BBC on Saturday. Vladimir Timoshkov said his old school friend -- who had moved to Britain...

 Syrian rebels agreed to surrender a second besieged enclave in eastern Ghouta Friday, state television reported, as their comrades in another insurgent pocket in the area continued their withdrawal after a month-long assault by the army. Capturing eastern Ghouta, near the capital...

Opposition in Syria’s Afrin region will establish a local parliament with 30 representatives from Kurdish, Alevi, Arab and Ezidi communities, according to a representative of the opposition Tuesday. Hasan Sindi from the opposition in Afrin is coordinating a “liberation congress”...