Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad in western Syria denied receiving any support from the Russia n air force, saying that on the contrary it continued to bomb them and rejecting comments by a top Russian general on Monday. A separate, recently...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Well-informed sources said the opposition figures who worked with the Syrian regime and have large government experience will take the lead in the newly-Riyadh-formed negotiators team. Riyad Farid Hijab, former Syrian Prime Minster who fled Syria in August 2012, to be a...

Fierce fighting was underway between forces loyal to Yemen's internationally recognized government and the country's Shiite rebels just hours before an agreed-on truce was supposed to start at midnight Monday, officials said. The clashes, which were taking place in Yemen's southern, central...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 9 rebel fighters have been killed in the northern countryside of Homs as Syrian regime forces backed by Shi'ite militia launched major attack on the rebel-held strongholds, activists said on Sunday. Rebels had thwarted the assault despite...