BY MARWAN HISHAM- ( Foreign Policy )- In January 2016, I left behind my home in Raqqa, unable to live any longer under the rule of the Islamic State. I dreamed of returning when the city was liberated from the terrorist group. Now that dream seems on the verge of realization. Instead of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 9 people have been killed in the third blast rocking al-Dana town in the northern province of Idlib on Saturday, medics told Zaman al Wasl.    50 more people have been wounded in the blast at the eve of Eid al-Fitr, Muslims worldwide holiday that...

Syrian regime said on Saturday it released 672 prisoners who had promised to accept the state's authority, a move it said was aimed at bolstering a "reconciliation" process. Reconciliation is the term the government uses for local deals with rebels for them to either disarm and accept its...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Sumer took the opportunity, with the Turkish side agreeing to open the border crossings for Syrians to spend the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Syria, to cross into Syria to check on her house in Aleppo. At the border crossing, she was surprised by the employee asking her to refer...