(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two Lieutenant Colonels and a soldier were killed Thursday when an armed group ambushed them in southern Daraa province, such an attack follows a series of attacks against the regime army and allied militias after two years of calm. The ambush took place in...

Around 350,000 Syrians, mostly women and children, have fled a renewed Russian-backed offensive in the opposition-held Idlib province since early December, and have sought shelter in border areas near Turkey, the United Nations said on Thursday. The humanitarian situation continued to...

Some of Syria's leading figures met in secret this week in Berlin to overcome the sectarian divides that are tearing their country apart. This is shadow diplomacy, away from the glare of publicity and political pressures, to find a path to peace. Sunni tribal chiefs, some of...

An upsurge of violence in Lebanon’s protests against the ruling elite, with police meting out beatings and protesters hurling stones, has alarmed rights groups and whipped up public fury. After a brief lull in largely peaceful protests since October, people filled the streets again this...