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Turkish forces kill two Syrian people in Idlib region

(Zaman Al-Wasl)- Two Syrian people were killed on Sunday when Turkish forces opened fire on demonstrators blocking the M4 highway in northern Idlib province. According to Zaman al-Wasl reporter, the Turkish army has fired live bullets and tear gas to resolve a sit-in in the town of...

How Russia wooed a key IRGC commander in Syria

As Russian maestro Valery Gergiev strolled onstage amid the ruins of Palmyra in 2016, few were in any doubt how much of a PR coup the orchestral concert was for Russia. Moscow had helped recapture a historic site, ravaged by ISIS, but more importantly, they had beaten the Iranians to...

Syrian 'torturers' switched sides, German court hears

The main defendant in the first trial on state-sponsored torture in Syria sought police protection in Germany because he felt threatened by Bashar al-Assad's intelligence service after he switched sides, a German court was told Friday. Anwar Raslan, 57, is in the docks charged with...