Mothers Noha, a Shi'ite, and Samira, a Sunni, were besieged for nearly two years on each side of Syria's civil war. At the weekend they finally escaped the suffocating blockades under an evacuation agreement - but their ordeal was not over. As they waited at two transit points miles apart...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Two Russian officers and several regime troops were killed Tuesday when Free Syrian Army struck a military barrack with anti-tank missile in the northern countryside of Hama province, according to statement posted online. The missile attack hit Rahbat Khattab, a...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army on Monday killed 9 fighters loyal to Bashar al-Assad in the southern countryside oif Hama province, rebel commander told Zaman a-Wasl. 10 more militants were wounded in the surprise attack on checkpoints near Salamiya town. Rebel said they had seized...

The Syrian army regained the strategic town of Soran near the city of Hama in the central part of western Syria on Sunday with an assault backed by heavy Russian air strikes, rebels and residents said. Most of the rebels had retreated from the town after troops stormed it following dozens of...