Tokyo (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was rushing home from the Middle East Wednesday to take charge of Tokyo's response to Islamic militants threatening to kill two nationals unless he pays a $200 million ransom. A defiant Abe vowed he would not bow to "terrorism", as...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Egyptian authorities have refused to grant Syria's  opposition vice president a visa as he plans to hold talks with Syrian opponents in Cairo. Hisham Marwa, head deputy of Syrian National Coalition has yet to get a visa to...

Paris (AFP) - A group of pro-Syrian regime hackers briefly took over the Twitter account of France's Le Monde newspaper early Wednesday, tweeting several messages including one reading "Je ne suis pas Charlie". The tweet was a negative reference to the "Je Suis Charlie" (I am...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed ALEPPO (Zaman Al Wasl)- Five new-born babies died of Bronchiolitis in Alatarib in Aleppo’s Western countryside, as a result of viral infection. Dr. Abdul Rahman Obaid, Director of Alatarib Hospital told Zaman...