(Zaman Alwasl) - Shirin Ahmed, the newly freed Iranian hostage in the ceasefire deal of Homs last week, has considered herself as the luckiest hostage ever since she held captive by Liwa’a al-Tawhid brigade at Baba...
BEIRUT (AP) — Rebels fired a rocket that struck a government-held neighborhood Friday in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, killing 13 people, Syria's state news agency reported. The battle for Syria's largest city has taken on new urgency as President Bashar Assad's forces...
(AFP) Iran is recruiting Afghan refugees to fight in Syria, the Wall Street Journal reported. In exchange, Iran is offering them stipends of $500 a month and residency permits, the paper said, quoting Afghans and Western officials. Shiite Muslim Iran is a key ally of...
BEIRUT (AP) — A massive car bomb ripped through a crowded garage Thursday near a rebel-held border crossing between Syria and Turkey, killing at least 43 people in an area that has seen fierce fighting between rival rebel groups, an anti-government activist group said. The...
