A tentative deal has been reached to end a strike in a Syrian prison by nearly 800 mostly political detainees that would eventually lead to the pardon and release of those held without charges, rights groups and activists in touch with inmates said on Monday. They said the deal brokered late on...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Syrian journalist Kinana Allouch defends her snapped selfie with dead rebel soldiers which circulated on social media on Wednesday calling it “a celebration and victory”. Kinana Allouch a reporter of Sama TV, mouthpiece of Syrian regime, fiercely defended her selfie...

A Saudi soldier died in a gunbattle with militants in the western Taif region outside Mecca Sunday, state news agency SPA said. Two assailants opened fire on a police station before retreating to the mountain village of Thaqeef where the soldier, named as private Saeed al-Harithy, was killed in...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Painting telling a story of a woman emerging from under the rubble and her face covered in blood and dust by the mixed media artist Syrian Husam Aloum went viral on social media. Human rights advocate Anwar Malik called the painting “Syria Lisa” (merging Syria and Mona...