The appeals process for the trial of Rifaat al-Assad goes ahead in Paris on Thursday. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s uncle was initially convicted of money laundering as part of an organised gang, embezzlement of public funds and aggravated tax evasion. FRANCE 24 looks back at the long...

At least three pro-Bashar al-Assad militants have arrived in Greece in their first stop to Western Europe from Istanbul, where they recently arrived illegally through Idlib, and where one of them was arrested then released only 10 days later. According to Zaman al-Wasl’s sources, the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A former security agent who applied for asylum in Germany was recognized by former Syrian detainees, revealing his involvement in war crimes during his service in the Air Force Intelligence. Ubai Ahmed, the commissioned officer who was operating in the notorious...

Zaman al-Wasl has obtained information confirming that a member of the National Defense militia, George Youssef Al Sheikh, is currently in Montreal, Canada.   Al Sheikh was part of the Sednaya militia operations against rebelling cities and villages, in the southern countryside of...