Writing by Ali Eid; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Doctors, university graduates, retired officers, thieves and criminals, volunteers, seniors over sixty and most of them past forty form the bulk of the “al-Baath Brigades” in Homs. Christians from the Homs countryside feature...

 German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited a refugee camp on the Turkish-Syrian border Saturday, kicking off a high-stakes visit aimed at boosting a month-old migrant deal plagued by moral and legal concerns. Merkel, joined by European Council head Donald Tusk and European Commission Vice...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The first Syrian drone, made in cooperation with Iran's army experts, is scheduled to carry out surveillance missions soon in Syria, source said. A well-informed regime source told Zaman al-Wasl, the drone called “Sahab” (clouds) was flown as a test in Iran. The drone has...

After a brief respite, bombs are falling heavily on Aleppo, forcing people there to think again about whether it is time to get out of a city at the epicenter of the Syrian war. The momentary normalcy brought by a truce is gone. The parks are empty again, the streets deserted...