At least 12 refugees have drowned in the Aegean Sea after their boat sank near the Foca district of the western Turkish province of Izmir. The Turkish Coast Guard found the bodies on Thursday while on patrol. However, 26 other people were rescued, including children and women, and 12 more...

On New Years Eve in Cologne, Germany, a number of women said they were sexually harassed by a group of men that may have included some asylum seekers. Recent reports though show that Syrian refugees in Cologne helped protect an American woman from organized attacks. Hesham Ahmad Mohammad, 32,...

More than 100 humanitarian and U.N. agencies called Thursday for an end to the war in Syria, appealing to governments and people around the world to add their voices to the demand for an end to the 'carnage.' Oxfam, Save the Children, Caritas International, nearly 30 UNICEF branches and...

The U.S.-led coalition on Wednesday staged 16 strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting the against Islamic State militant group, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operations said. In a statement released on Thursday, the coalition said 15 strikes in Iraq centered on seven...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime allowed Wednesday fuel and gas trucks to enter besieged al-Waer neighborhood in Homs, local activists told Zaman al-Wasl. Three trucks loaded by fuel and 500 gas cylinders were entered to al-Awer in biding to the U.N.-brokered ceasefire reached last month....

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 53 people, mostly soldiers, were killed on Wednesday in the central province of Homs when a barrel-bomb factory exploded in a military base west of Homs city, well-informed source said. Regime forces and state-run media were very discreet over the huge explosion...

Internationally brokered talks between Syria's government and opposition groups due to start on Jan. 25 may be delayed, but major powers must keep up the pressure to bring participants to the table, the United Nations envoy said on Wednesday. A Syrian opposition council backed by Saudi...

Secretary of State John Kerry urged his Russian counterpart Wednesday to use Moscow’s influence with the Syrian government to ensure greater humanitarian access in the war torn country. During a meeting with Sergey Lavrov in the Swiss city of Zurich, Kerry “pressed for Russia to use its...

The Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) has ratcheted up pressure on ethnic Assyrians and Yazidis living in parts of Syria under its control while claiming that it is fighting the Daesh militant group, Afram Yakoub, the president of the Assyrian Federation of Sweden, told Anadolu Agency on...

Reporting by Mohamed Al Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed HASAKA (Zaman Al Wasl)- The united States and Russia are competing each other on founding military bases in Hasaka province, while Iran had withdrawn from the city after termination the existence of Hezbollah in Qamishli in 2015. The...

(The Telegraph)- The United Nations has given approval to Western countries including Britain to carry out air drops over besieged Syrian towns without regime permission, The Telegraph can disclose. In a key admission of the UN’s failure to ensure basic supplies despite a security...

Support for Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservative bloc has slipped further due to her handling of the refugee crisis and worries about crime and security after assaults on women at New Year in Cologne, a poll showed on Wednesday. Merkel's open-door refugee policy, and...

A Syrian opposition council formed in Riyadh last month said on Wednesday it will not attend peace negotiations if a third party joins the talks, a reference to a Russian bid to include other groups in the process that was due to be launched next week, Reuters reported. Riad Hijab, who heads...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- ISIS has executed a Free Syrian Army fighter on Tuesday in territory it controls in the northern Aleppo province, media activists told Zaman al-Wasl. ISIS have killed FSA fighter in Qabraimou village near Manbij town 20 miles (30 km) west of the Euphrates river. Local...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Video)- Rebels of the southern suburbs of Damascus said tunnels have become their strategic tool to escape Russian air strikes. Despite the difficulty of digging tunnels and trenches due to siege and lack of equipment, rebels have insisted to  pay all efforts to secure...

A media outlet associated with Islamic State on Tuesday released a eulogy for "Jihadi John", a member of the militant group who gained notoriety for his filmed execution of hostages, the monitoring organization SITE reported. The militant was identified as Mohammed Emwazi, a British citizen of...

Saudi Arabia said Tuesday no one should dictate to the Syrian opposition who represents them at peace talks, as a proposed Jan. 25 meeting looked set to be delayed by differences over who will attend, Reuters reported. The planned Geneva talks are part of a peace process endorsed by the U.N....

A Russian bomber had destroyed ISIS strongholds in the Syrian province of Deir al-Zor, Russian agencies quoted a defense ministry official as saying Tuesday. Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the bomber's strikes had killed more than 60 of the extremist militants in comments...

Denmark told the United Nations it was "taking necessary and proportionate measures" against Islamic State in Syria, which the foreign ministry later said involved training radar located in Iraq on the neighboring country. Denmark had previously contributed seven F-16 fighter jets which...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 20 people, mostly oldmen and children, have been died in northeastern Hasaka province due to the latest harsh cold weather wave sweeping the area. Activist Mahmood al-Ahmed mentioned that 3 people died in Tal-Hamis because of cold...