Paying for medicines and medical treatment has become one of the most difficult issues that Syrians face since the crisis began. The local market has been severely affected and many medicines have become prohibitively expensive as most of the pharmaceutical factories have been either...

Warring factions hold truce to allow giant bronze creation to be set up overlooking ancient pilgrimage route A London-based charity has erected a giant bronze statue of Jesus on a Syrian hilltop after organising a truce between warrring factions to safeguard its passage...

Syrian mainstream and Islamist rebels pressed an advance Monday against Bashar al-Assad troops in Homs province after controlling the major weapons depots near Mahin village,  senior officer in rebels' commandos Units (Maghawir) told Zaman Alwasl.  Over two weeks...

The Shiite Turn in Syria (Part Three) is in-depth study by the researcher Khalid Sindawi, Zaman Alwasl republishes this important paper which appeared   before in Volume 8 of   Current Trends in Islamist Ideology ,   published by Hudson Institute,  ...