(Zaman al-Wasl) In Roumieh Prison in the Lebanese capital Beirut Syrian detainee Abdul Rahman al-Attar nicknamed Abu Mohammed al-Mughawir has been detained for more than two years without trial or a clear charge according to activists. Al-Attar, a former commander of the al-Maghawir Brigade...

 Security forces Monday fired tear gas at protesters as they tried to storm a gas and oil installation in southern Tunisia, local radio stations said. Residents have been camping outside the El Kamour gas and oil pumping station in the Tataouine region for around a month to demand they...

Syria's government announced Sunday the country's third largest city Homs- once named the capital of the revolt against President Bashar Assad- had been cleared of armed opposition for the first time in more than five years. The announcement follows the completion of the evacuation of the last...

Syria's warring sides entered a final day of U.N.-backed talks on Friday with little sign of progress towards ending the conflict and with negotiations overshadowed by swelling tensions on the ground. The sixth round of talks in Geneva was the latest effort to bring a political solution to...