(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 350 Turkish military trucks carrying troops and tanks entered the northern province of Idlib on Tuesday, local activists said amid warnings by Ankara to Damascus urging to respect a ceasefire deal reached month ago and to stop violations. The Turkish army has...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Militant Tahrir al-Sham group on Wednesday has executed a former member of the Syrian parliament over links with the regime army, according to footage and activists accounts. Rifaat Mahmoud Daqa, 68, was detained in May 2019 by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly known as...

Reza Khandan got the word from friends locked away in Iran’s most feared prison, Evin. A prisoner and a guard in their cell block had been removed because they were suspected of having coronavirus, and two guards in the women’s ward had shown symptoms. It was frightening news....

Armoured vehicles in the streets, hundreds arrested, smartphone surveillance -- sweeping measures to fight the coronavirus have raised concerns in the Middle East over the erosion of already threatened human rights. As the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, more than three billion people...