( The Guardian )- The UN has been promised half the amount requested for its humanitarian appeal for Yemen, secretary general António Guterres has said, as activists on the ground said relief was being prevented from reaching its recipients. Donors at a fundraising conference in Geneva...

 (Zaman Al Wasl0 At least 16 officers and soldiers from from Bashar al-Assad's hometown of Qardaha in coastal Latakia province have been killed in April, local activists said. The death toll included 8 officers who were killed throughout Syria. Qardaha Newspaper has mourned 40...

A recording of the head of Tunisia's private TV station, Nessma, was leaked on April 17, detailing threats and intimidation against a civil society group fighting corruption in the country. In the audio footage, the voice of Nabil Karoui, head of the influential TV channel and founding...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- The deputy commander of Ahrar Al-Sham Movement told Zaman al-Wasl that most the freed detainees due to the four-town evacuation deal were employees and civilians and no activists or political detainees had been released. Anas Najib said the first batch of released...