Ziad Rahbani, the visionary Lebanese composer, playwright, pianist and political provocateur, died on Saturday, at the age of 69, according to the state-run National News Agency. The death was confirmed by a person close to Rahbani who spoke on condition of anonymity. The cause of death was...

The main hospital in the southern Syrian city of Sweida is overwhelmed with trauma patients and working without adequate power or water after the local Druze minority clashed almost two weeks ago with Bedouin tribes. “Inside of Sweida, it’s a grim picture, with the health facilities...

An armed group stormed the town of Taldara on Friday evening in the countryside of the Ismaili-majority city of Salamiyah in Hama province, northwestern Syria, uttering sectarian rhetoric. This prompted an immediate security alert, a local source told Zaman al-Wasl. The attackers, riding...

The number of bodies buried in mass graves in the southern province of Sweida on Wednesday has risen to at least 134, up from an initial count of only 80. There are speculation that there are more bodies that have not yet been buried, an informed source told Zaman al-Wasl. According to the...