There were hardly any Syrian migrants among the 800 people rescued off Sicily, contrary to earlier reports from Italy's coastguard, the U.N. and the International Organization for Migration have confirmed. The coastguard had said Thursday that half of the 342 migrants they had picked up were...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Eqtsad)- A new fire broke out late on Thursday in al-Manakhliye market in the Old City of Damascus, a week since blaze had engulfed a historic market nearby, residents say.   The arson of al-Manakhliye was similar to Asruniyeh fire. The damage is unclear amid...

 A rebel onslaught on the town of Khan Touman near Aleppo last week delivered one of the biggest battlefield setbacks yet to the coalition of foreign Shi'ite fighters waging war on behalf of Syrian President Bashar al Assad. Reports put the death toll among the Iranian, Afghani and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian opposition activists have slammed rebel factions over image shared on social media claimed to show rebel fighters next to the bodies of two women in an Alawite village in Hama province. Responding to the image, an alliance of rebel groups behind the attack on al-Zara...