Reporting by Abdulsalam haj Bakri (Zaman Al Wasl)- The year 2016 was the harshest and most severe on the people of Lattakia’s countryside since the start of the revolution.  They migrated from the countryside and the regime occupied 85% of the countryside with support from Russian...

Tunisian ministers will meet Thursday to decide on an action plan against extremists returning from foreign battlefields, a government source said, as fears mount they could destabilize the North African country. The ministerial meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Youssef Chahed follows...

Football federations are backing plans to expand the World Cup beyond 32 teams, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in Dubai Wednesday. The global football federation boss wants to increase the number of teams playing in the World Cup final tournament to 48, arguing that it can be done in...

Around 55,000 migrants who were not eligible for or were refused asylum left Germany voluntarily between January and November 2016, up by 20,000 from the total number who left voluntarily in 2015, a newspaper reported Wednesday. Germany has toughened its stance on immigration in recent...