(Zaman Al Wasl)- The negotiations committee of the al-Waer neighborhood in Homs city has refused regime's offer to free 300 detainees, demanding release of 1500 people held in Sednaya military prison, source said Monday. A U.N.-mediated deal reached last December stated that all detainees of...

Egyptian police fired tear gas at protesters in Cairo who defied government warnings and held a rally Monday calling for the "downfall" of the regime, quickly scattering them and making arrests. A coalition of leftist and liberal groups had called for the protest, ostensibly against the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- When Syria's uprising erupted 5 years ago with a peaceful demonstrations to topple Bashar Assad, Syrians- suddenly- found themselves trapped as crackdown was surrounding them everywhere. Death toll was rising and no concrete efforts made by the International community to stop...

President Barack Obama will announce on Monday he plans to send as many as 250 additional U.S. troops to Syria, a sharp increase in the American presence working with local Syrian forces fighting Islamic State militants, U.S. officials said. The deployment, which will increase U.S. forces in...