DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian official on Wednesday welcomed the resignation of Lakhdar Brahimi as the joint United Nations-Arab League envoy for Syria, calling for the appointment of a "more objective" mediator. Fayez Sayegh, a member of parliament and a senior member of...

In a first phase and as a gesture of goodwill over exchange agreement between rebels and Syrian regime, a family of eight people has been released on Tuesday from the city of Adra, east north Damascus, a close newspaper to Bashar Assad’s regime said....

Local activists assured to Zaman Alwasl mass acts of robbery and looting for the former rebel-held areas in Homs by Bashar al-Assad forces and its backed militias with participation of many Alawite civilians including women. Many photos have been circulated on social media...

Swedish film-maker Malik Bendjelloul, who shot to fame with his Oscar-winning documentary, "Searching for Sugar Man", has died aged 36. Swedish police said the director had died in the capital Stockholm on Tuesday, but would not specify where his body was found or the cause of...