Homs (Syria) (AFP) - The last rebels were set to leave Syria's battleground city of Homs on Friday, handing a symbolic victory to President Bashar al-Assad in what was once dubbed the capital of the revolution. For two years the rebels fought to keep besieging government forces at...

  Exhausted and worn out from a year-long siege, hundreds of Syrian rebels on Wednesday left their last remaining bastions in the heart of the central city of Homs under a cease-fire deal with government forces, according to AP. The exit of some 1,200 fighters and...

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has vetoed a plan to ban WhatsApp, following a row over censorship of the popular messaging application, media reports said Wednesday. Access to social networks, including Twitter and Facebook, are routinely blocked by Iranian authorities, as are...

Zaman Alwasl Exclusive Interview with the daughter of former Syrian President Adib al-Shishakli (1949-1954). Interview by Abdullah Raja; Translation by Yusra Ahmed __ Adib al-Shishakli, (born 1909, Ḥ amah,...