Moscow (AP) | Russia on Friday dismissed recent reports of the Syrian government using chemical weapons on rebel-held areas as fabrication. The U.N. Security Council called for an investigation Wednesday over allegations that government forces have attacked rebel-held areas with...

Life in Jordan's Zaatari camp is getting harder for 130,000 Syrian refugees, most of whom have fled fighting in southern Syria. Security has become hard to control in the sprawling, overcrowded camp and refugees are falling victims to strongmen who imposed their power to try to make a...

Hezbollah militia has arrested at least 240 people from the besieged neighborhoods of Homs in response to killing of 14 militants in al-Waer neighborhood and seizing 8 corpses two days ago, source told Zaman Alwasl. Activists assured that Hezbollah...

T he baby-faced boy waited patiently for his turn at the small ice cream shop, his Kalashnikov balanced precariously over his shoulder. The rifle was pointed down and his hand occasionally cupped the muzzle, far from the proper way to carry a gun. He stood just a few inches...