Its south is a volatile frontline, its northern border an open-air encampment for the displaced and its centre a teeming urban jungle. Syria's jihadist-controlled region of Idlib is home to some three million people who have been variously affected by a surge in regime attacks since April....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Five years ago, 17 children from the same family lost their parents following a major night raid by the Islamic State (Daesh) in the town of Hatla in Deir Ezzor province, one of the terrifying nights where dozens killed and arrested by the radical group. That night, 200...

In the old khan, a stone courtyard off Aleppo’s medieval souk, most of the 41 cloth shops are deserted. Many of the owners moved elsewhere or went abroad to escape fighting in the historic Syrian city, a major economic center before the war. “Some started new work outside Syria and won’t...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- After a year in detention in the notorious Saydnaya prison, Mahmoud (pseudonym) was presented on the regime’s counter-terrorism court in the capital, handcuffed and clearly tortured.  At the time, he was charged with terrorism, with no chance of defending...

Hunched over a thick book, George Zaarour uses a magnifying glass to decipher Aramaic script -- the biblical language of Jesus that is starting to disappear from everyday use in his village. The 62-year-old is one of the last in Syria to specialise in the ancient language, which has...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- From the central city of Homs to a forgotten camp  on the Greek-Albanian border, a long journey fraught with dangers and pain, where Mohamed Al-Mohamed fought his pain and injuries, that he got in and out of the besieged Homs years ago and made him disabled. At the...

More than seven decades since their expulsion from historical Palestine in 1948, Palestinians continue to find new ways of pressing for their cherished right to return.  Seventy-one years ago, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forced to flee their villages and towns in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- In the border town of Arsal, behind a Syrian factory that specializes in sewing and fashion design, named "Orchid Flower," stands Souad Kassem Shehada, a refugee from Homs countryside. The establishment was the culmination of a long period of hard work, made more difficult the...

Despite losing his leg in the ongoing conflict in Syria, a father of five continues to hold on to life to provide for his family.  Speaking to Anadolu Agency in the northern Syrian city of Al-Bab, Rabeh Selim said: “After I lost my leg I had to find myself a new profession, a...

As the conflict in Syria enters its ninth year, a generation born and raised in an environment of conflict continues to hold on to education despite tough conditions. While conflict, displacement and violence became part of the daily life in Syria, children hold steadfast to hope for a...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Yahya Mohammed Al-Khalidi won first place in the challenge of AVL, which specialized in cars testing. The challenge was held a few days ago at the Graz Laboratory in Austria, with the participation of many engineers and innovators from around the world. The...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Before the war, Syrian business leader Faten Aqeel started her career in Marketing in Aleppo. After taking refuge in Turkey, she established a private company called "Moustache", which has become, after a few months, one of the successful and competitive companies there,...

In a White House where no secret is safe for long, one development has remained stubbornly confidential – the contents of a Middle East peace plan authored by President Donald Trump's advisers Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt. With Trump having delighted Israelis and angered Palestinians...

   (Zaman Al Wasl)- One year has passed since regime forces targeted Douma, the capital of Eastern Ghouta suburbs, with chemical gas that left dozens killed and wounded. The victims were in shelters and underground basements to escape the heavy shelling on the city...

A choir of women underwent a fascinating evolution from singing for each other to performing for a large audience of other refugees in Berlin, who find solace in their mesmerising music. After years of civil war and millions of people fleeing Syria, in a small Berlin neighbourhood lies a...

After years of war, the scent of laurel oil once again wafts from a small soap workshop in Aleppo, signalling the revival of a landmark trade in the battered northern city. Surrounding soap workshops in the Al-Nayrab district still lie in ruins, badly damaged in the four-year battle for the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The artist is a part of society; he simulates the historical, social, intellectual, political as well as economic issues as he lives the present changes within his society.  Salih al-Hajr, 40, told Zaman al-Wasl that he tried to visually document the rich details...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian Chef Mohamed al-Khalidi, has won, at an international festival held in France recently, the award of Best Refugee Chefs in the World.  The World Restaurant Award has created this award to welcome refugees, and to speed the integration of the refugee chefs....

The two Syrian refugee brothers Ibrahim and Riadh al-Jiran did not want to depend only on the asylum social benefits granted to Syrian refugees in Germany, so they tried to prove themselves with their ambition and desire to achieve success and uniqueness in their new society. ...

Lenora Lemke sits in a car packed with all her belongings, shielded from the desert sun by a large carpet that hangs over the roof. The 19-year-old tugs at the hijab that frames her pale face and tries to remember the last time she took a shower. She realizes it's been exactly 20 days since she...