The two former close allies have also ceased military cooperation, effectively ending a warm relationship that saw Tehran provide weapons, technical know-how and military training to Hamas fighters. The rupture has been caused by Hamas's refusal to toe the Iranian line by supporting...

Thousands of people who have fled the besieged Syrian town of Al-Qusayr are in dire need of aid, the UN's refugee agency said Friday, as its tally for Syrians who have escaped their war-torn nation topped 1.6 million .   UNHCR spokesperson Dan McNorton...

  Zaman-Alwasl, exclusively,  summarized for Its readers an important and detailed study on the Syrian conflict prepared by the Congressional Research Service last month. The newspaper will publish the study in series of articles.   ''The...

HERMEL, Lebanon (AP) — In Shiite towns and villages near the border with Syria, residents who support Hezbollah are bearing the brunt of the militant Lebanese group's growing involvement in the Syrian civil war. Shells fired by Syria's overwhelmingly Sunni rebels regularly fall on the...