President Barack Obama said on Thursday he expected the United States would meet a goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees before the end of the year despite delays and opposition from critics concerned about security implications. As Europe grappled with Syrians fleeing the country’s civil...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- About 3000 Syrian migrants who trapped in Greek island Lesbos have clashed with police on Wednesday over repeated assaults i n Moria camp, migrant told Zaman al-Wasl via phone call. Tens of the angry crowd were injured as the Greek police fired...

The last paediatrician in Aleppo has been killed in an airstrike believed to have been carried out by the Syrian regime. Reports from the besieged city said Dr Wassim was among 14 people killed when jets attacked the Al Quds hospital in Syria. The airstrike, which destroyed the hospital,...

The Kurdish government in Iraq has dealt a blow to Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria by keeping the border closed for more than one month, an economic and political setback for the Syrian region as it plans for wider autonomy. The Kurdish administration in northeastern Syria believes...