An official with the pro-Syrian   Arab Democratic Party   was assassinated by masked gunmen in the northern city of   Tripoli   Thursday, triggering violence that left two people killed and five wounded. Unknown assailants on a small motorcycle...

Forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad have ‘kicked to death’ a 105-year-old refugee woman in Damascus last January, her son told Zaman Alwasl.    Om Faris al-Shibli, who fled with her family the embattled city of Aleppo to settle down in the Old City of Damascus,...

Fresh fighting broke out in central Kiev on Thursday, shattering a truce declared by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, as the Russian-backed leader met European ministers demanding he compromise with pro-EU opponents. A Reuters photographer saw the bodies of 21 dead civilians...

 Bashar al-Assad forces backed by Iran proxy Hezbollah militia kept up their shelling of the town of Yabroud and the surrounding Qalamoun region over the last ten days. Zaman Alwasl reporter said 18 regular army soldiers have been killed due to fierce clashes with...