"More morphine!" Malak's mother cried, her 20-year-old daughter hospitalised after a marital dispute left her severely burned -- the latest victim of domestic violence exacerbated by confinement in Iraq. The nationwide lockdown since mid-March is meant to keep coronavirus cases down in the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two Syrian troops were killed and six more wounded in a blast bomb in the eastern province of Raqqa, activists said Thursday. The blast took place near the town of Ein Issa in the northern countryside of Raqqa.  Regime forces and allied fighters have come...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Failaq al-Rahman, key rebel group fighting regime forces in Eastern Ghouta suburbs, said on Wednesday it had ambushed army’s elite forces for the fourth time in two weeks near the capital, leaving 20 soldiers killed, spokesman said.   The elite forces of Fourth...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has executed a 19-year-old man in northern Aleppo province over claims of blasphemy, the militant group said Tuesday. Activists have denounced blasphemy allegations, saying the young man was executed due to messages found in his phone...