(Reporting by Lama Shammas; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Zaman Alwasl obtained a report from a trusted source about the on-ground situation in Aleppo and its countryside. The report named that groups fighting in Aleppo and mentioned Nusra Front, Tobah...

Damascus, June 27 (IANS) Syrian troops and armed rebels in a central Syrian district have agreed on a truce during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, media reported Friday. The truce in al-Waer district, the last remaining rebel-held area inside the city of Homs, has gone into...

(Reuters) - Iraqi forces launched an airborne assault on rebel-held Tikrit on Thursday with commandos flown into a stadium in helicopters, at least one of which crashed after taking fire from insurgents who have seized northern cities. Eyewitnesses said battles were raging in...

(Al Arabiya-AFP)- Libyan human rights activist and lawyer Salwa Bugaighis, who played an active part in country’s 2011 uprising, was shot dead by unknown assailants in the eastern city of Benghazi late Wednesday. “Unknown hooded men wearing military uniforms attacked Mrs...