(Reuters) - Japan has vowed to work with Jordan to secure the release of a Japanese journalist held by Islamic State militants after the killing last week of another Japanese captive, but it reiterated that it would not give in to terrorism. The hostage crisis has become...

By Faris Al Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Rihab Allawi, an enthusiastic string revolutionary young lady, worked for the Syrian revolution since start, but her life ended in regime’s prisons in Feburary 2013 and was buried in a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 6 people have been killed by Syrian regime due to the heavy artillery shelling on Talbiseh town in the northwest of Homs city, activists said on Tuesday. Activists say more than 30 people have been killed due the aerial...

(Reuters) -  Syria  has raised fuel prices, cutting back on lavish subsidies, to quell a thriving black market that has led to anti-corruption protests in areas of strong government support. Worsening fuel and electricity shortages have sparked sometimes violent protests...