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Syria: Ex-detainees identify their torturers via Facebook

(Zaman al-Wasl) In a dark cell in the military security branch in Aleppo the detainee Mohammad Amin Mirat could hear the screams of detained women in the close by cells as they were tortured at the hands of an assistant officer who changed his name as a snake changes its skin, and he remained...

Fighting in Hama province displaces 100,000

Fighting in Syria's western Hama province displaced an estimated 100,000 people between Aug. 28 and Sept. 5, the United Nations said on Wednesday, citing the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the governor of the province. Syrian rebels launched an offensive last week in northern Hama, an area of...

Education a leading victim of conflict, says U.N. hopeful

Education is a leading, and hidden, casualty of war, with some 3 million children out of school in Syria alone, said Irina Bokova, a Bulgarian diplomat hoping to become the next head of the United Nations, on Tuesday. World leaders must act to improve education in nations torn by war, Bokova...

Regime air strikes kill 7 people in Idlib province

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Six people have been killed on Tuesday in regime vacuum missiles attacks on northern Idlib province, local activists said. The four missiles that hit Maerdabseh town have also left dozens wounded. The aerial bombing on rebel-held Idlib has targeted Marret al-Numan, Saraqeb,...