(Zaman Al Wasl)- People of kafr Batna suburb in the Eastern Ghouta district  have refused on Monday to receive any humanitarian aid unless being delivered to all embattled suburbs near Damascus, local reporter said. The town's local council said the (Assad) regime is planning to sow...

A draft U.S.-Russian plan calls for a cessation of hostilities in Syria to begin on Feb. 27 but to exclude ISIS and Al-Qaeda linked Nusra Front militants, two Western diplomatic sources said Monday. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed a report by the Al-Jazeera...

Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip have warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in the Palestinian territory, which has been reeling under a 10-year Israeli blockade. In a Monday statement, the factions said that the economic and humanitarian situation in the seaside enclave has reached an...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- 'Hekayat Hassan', or Hassan's Story, a documentary aired Saturday by the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya news channel, has sparked outrage in the kingdom and abroad since the 'biography' has glorified Lebanese Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah. Activists...