(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian camps in the town of Arsal witnessed in the last weeks of 2016 a wave of assassinations and kidnapping which activists are describing as planned and pre-meditated. This wave began by targeting the Syrian medical staff working in the town to take a new form as...

Japan recalled its ambassador to South Korea Friday to protest the placing of a statue symbolizing victims of Japanese wartime sex slavery outside its consulate in the city of Busan last month. In a move likely to reignite a feud over the so-called "comfort women", Japan's chief government...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Kurdish-led Syria Democratic Forces on Thursday thwarted ISIS major attack on two villages near Euphrates dam northeastern Syria after three days of fierce fighting amid reports of heavy losses from both sides, the U.S. backed group. The coalition of Kurdish and Arab fighters...

Residents of Damascus are scrambling for clean water after the government attacked rebels holding the city's main source in a nearby valley, leading to an accidental outage that has stretched on for nearly two weeks. The cut-off is a major challenge to the government's effort throughout...