(Zaman Al Wasl)- A rebel group controlling a border crossing with Turkey has banned members of the Western-backed interim government from entering rebel-held Aleppo province, sources told Zaman al Wasl Wednesday. Al Shamiyeh Front who controls Bab al Salameh crossing prevented Ahmed Tomeh,...

Libya's self-declared government in Tripoli has arrested a United Arab Emirates soldier and placed him under investigation for spying after finding evidence among his documents and on his computer, authorities said on Wednesday. The soldier, identified as Yousef Saqer Ahmad Mubarak, was...

Syrian opposition figures and Gulf commentators dismissed Wednesday a Russian draft proposal for a process to solve the Syrian crisis, saying Moscow's aim was to keep President Bashar Assad in power and marginalize dissenting voices. A draft document obtained by Reuters on Tuesday showed Moscow...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 Hezbollah fighters were killed in Kweires air base battle  in the northern province of Aleppo that broke a more than two-year-old siege by the Islamic State group, Lebanese news feeds said Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said forces...