A ceasefire has been declared in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, a rebel bastion near Damascus, to run from midnight on Sunday to March 20, Russia's defense ministry said Tuesday. "A 'regime of silence' has been introduced from 00.01 on March 6 to 23:59 on March 20 (Damascus time) in the area...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Many towns in southern Lebanon have started issuing orders to close shops and workshops managed and owned by Syrians, according to sources. The town council of al-Bisariyah in the countryside of Saida city in southern Lebanon had on March 4, announced closing all shops owned or...

Israeli police grilled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his official Jerusalem home on Monday in a long-running investigation into corruption suspicions, local media said. "The fourth round of questioning of PM Netanyahu has begun at his residence," Israel Hayom daily, considered close...

ISIS has imposed an "Afghan-style" dress code on men in its Syrian stronghold Raqqa to help its fighters blend into the civilian population, a monitor and activists said Monday. "For more than two weeks, Afghan-style clothing ... has been imposed by Daesh," said Abu Mohamed, an activist with...