China will set up a "national security agency" in Hong Kong to oversee a forthcoming new law aimed at cracking down on dissent in the city, state media said on Saturday. The new law also would override any existing Hong Kong laws that may conflict with it once it is implemented, Xinhua...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A crop fire destroyed about 40 hectares in southern Sweida province late on Friday, local activists said. The massive fire flared up in the Dafn area in the southern countryside.  Firefighters backed by farmers and residents were able to extinguish the fire...

 At least eight Turkish-backed forces were killed in an attack carried out by the YPG militia in the northern Afrin region, Zaman Al Wasl reporter said. From Tal Rifat district, the YPG militants attempted to infiltrate front lines in Bassouta area in the south of Afrin...

A summer rainstorm has partly damaged 30 refugee camps in northwestern Syria, rescue group said Friday. The floods have washed away dozens of tents along the Turkish border, according to the Syrian Response Coordination group.  More than one million people have been...