Last summer Rida, a 29-year-old father of three from Syria, decided it was time to cross the border from Lebanon and head back home. His native city of Homs had been devastated during Syria’s civil war, but seven years after he fled it was back under the control of forces loyal to President...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebel factions on Wednesday have taken control of a town and its strategic hilltop in the northwestern Hama province, inflicting humiliating defeat on regime forces and allied militias, local activists said. Seizing the town of al-Hamameyat in the northern...

.Regime and Russian air strikes on northwestern Syria on Wednesday killed 11 civilians including four children and knocked a hospital out of service, a monitor said. The raids are the latest in an uptick in deadly government and Russian bombardment since late April on the...

 At least two senior Ethiopian officials were killed during an attempt by an army general to seize power in Ethiopia's northern state of Amhara, state television reported on Sunday. Speaking on state television late on Saturday, Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy announced there had been an...