Tunisian security forces arrested on Tuesday five people suspected of plotting a suicide bombing that shook a tourist resort and a foiled attack on the tomb of independence leader Habib Bourguiba. “The interior ministry’s specialized security units have managed in a short...

  After 3 days of continuous clashes and killing more than 25 civilians in al-Waer, neighborhood of Homs, a truce to take place between rebels and Assad army. Activists reported to Zaman Alwasl, the truce will be a sign of victory because the Army troops whose asked for...

  While the human and financial means were limited, civilian institutions have nevertheless emerged in a few months in the zones conquered by the insurrection movement in Northern Syria. This experience of reconstructing an administrative system through the bottom-up...

      The Iranian-backed Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah is poised to launch a much-anticipated offensive to the north of Damascus in a counterinsurgency campaign that is likely to prompt hand-wringing in Washington and more Saudi frustration with Western inaction in...