(Ma'moon Abu Mohamed; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Well-informed sources revealed to Zaman al-Wasl that organ trade has been flourishing under cover and participation of Syrian regime in central city of Homs. The initial reports say the trafficking targeted Syrian detainee and...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Siraj Eddin Allon, A Syrian young man has been in Ataturk Airport in Istanbul for 4 months with other 7 Syrian refugees waiting to deportation to the country they had come from. Allon explained his marathon trip between Turkey to Nouakchott in Mauritania as he kept...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, has revived the bitterness of brutal massacres committed by Syrian regime and allied militias as people heading cemeteries to pay tribute to the victims of the 4-year-old war. Zaman al-Wasl's photos that were...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) (EQTSAD)- It has become familiar to see adverts on social media offering fake and forged Syrian official documents like passports, driving licenses, university certificates, birth certificate and others, as many Syrians left the country without any document and...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Charities trying to deliver aid across Syria to help victims of the worsening conflict, have admitted it is hard, if not impossible, to know where supplies end up and fear future funding could be at risk, a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation...

 (By Lama Shammas; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) ISTANBUL (Zaman Al Wasl)- “it has not crossed my mind at all that I would one day be forced to sell my clothes and my kids’ clothes and toys to afford for living”, in those painful words, om Noura, a Syrian refugee woman started her story. Om...

(By Mohamed al-Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) “What did you say to the pilot and the rocket when your beautiful body was bleeding, has the satellite felt ashamed when it observed your small corpus and directed them to it?, in those words, Yusuf al-Khader, Fares’s younger brother...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Syria's Salamiyeh city in the eastern countryside of Hama province is no longer surrounded with fear in the east, sadness and dust in the south like what Mohammed al-Maghout, the city’s well-known poet,  described it years ago. Today, Salamiyeh is surrounded...

Syrian Turkmen military and political officials, who are close to Turkey, have been moving to form a unified army in northern Syria capable of confronting the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which Ankara views as a terror group. “Turkmen fighting groups in Syria have taken...

(Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Reem, a 14-year-old girl was detained in med 2014 by Syrian regime under terrorism claims with 17 family members, including her mother, father and a 10-year-old brother. Reem and her mother, sisters and brother were arrested in government-held...

Bombing by government forces in southern Syria has forced four field hospitals to close, with medical workers among those injured by recent bombings, monitors say. On Wednesday an airstrike in the village of Saida just east of Deraa city, aimed at a checkpoint held by the rebel group...

Facing inconsistent governmental policies and confusing bureaucracy, Palestinian Syrians in Lebanon are struggling to obtain and maintain proper residency status in the country. Palestinian Syrians are required to renew their residency permits every three months and risk arrest or a heavy fine...

Iraq’s most powerful Shiite force said it is relying more heavily on elite units who fought in Syria in the battle against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for control of a critical Iraqi refinery and is now well placed to counter the militants’ guerrilla warfare. Iraq’s biggest refinery...

After four years living in the capital of Isil's caliphate, Hassan's life story reads like the plot of a James Bond film. But the scars on his body and the photos he carries of murdered friends show his ordeal is all too real. Hassan, who asks for his full name not to be used for fear of...

(Reporting by Sulaiman al-Ahmed; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Abdul Halim, a pharmacist in a village of Hama's countryside, supervised and participated in Polio vaccination campaign. Despite the hard circumstances in the area, such difficult transportation, lack of electricity and the threat of...

(Reporting by Lama Shammas; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Leen, a 20-year-old Syrian girl lives alone in Istanbul, disappointed and depressed with no interest in life after losing everything in Syria. She lived with her father and brother in Damascus, her mother died when she was young. Her...

Extremist groups have forced their laws on the people of northern and eastern Syria, severely restricting freedoms and imposing harsh sentences for disobedience. The Islamic State group's extreme interpretation of Islamic teaching holds sway in large areas of the country, including its...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — As a boy in pre-war Baghdad, Adil Faraj dreamed of becoming a dancer, inspired by a Michael Jackson performance he watched on DVD. For over a decade, he pursued his passion despite daunting challenges and harassment by strangers and police. He taught himself by moving to...

  (Reporting by Amr Al Hamawi; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) People of Homs city used to celebrate in these days of each year of Eid of Halawa, or the dead Eid, in which they buy big amounts of Homsi Halawa, the city's traditional sweets, and distribute them to poor...

  (Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Sarah Odeh, a-25-year-old Palestinian lady died as a result of a sniper’s shot in Yarmouk camp for Palestinian Refugees in Damascus, to follow her “virtual husband” and buried next to him. Sarah’s story is not less...