( Middle East Eye )- As a child in Damascus, Maha al-Sayyed always looked forward to going to the hairdresser with her grandmother. The atmosphere, the smell of nail polish, and the voices of women socialising were addictive to Sayyed, who loved leaving the salon with a new look every time....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Kurdish Democratic Union militia on Sunday has mourned 4 members killed by the Islamic State in the eastern provinces of Hasaka and Raqqa, activist told Zaman al-Wasl. YPG, the armed wing of PYD, is a key group in the U.S.-led Syrian Democratic Forces where hundreds...

By Abdullah Ghadawi; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- About 15,000 students have been studying in the universities of  the opposition-held areas in Aleppo and dlib, according to the Interim Minister of Higher Education. Abdul-Aziz al-Daghim said despite the security condition,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led coalition airstrikes killed detainees held by ISIS in the western countryside of Raqqa on Saturday as the radical group defies Kurdish warning to surrender by the end of May, activists said. The strikes hit an ISIS prison in al-Mansoura town, leaving dozen killed and...