(Zaman Al Wasl)- As the domestic gas crisis mounts in Syria, pro-regime activists have expressed disappointment following a visit by the Russian President Vladimir Putin to Damascus where he met with officials including Bashar al-Assad in a military base, according to Kremlin statement....

At least 27 civilians have been found dead in eastern Raqqa province, local sources said on Monday. According to the sources, the victims, who were local sheep herders, were beheaded and left in Madan and Sapha districts. The whereabouts of ten more people was still unknown,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Suspected pro-Iran Shiite militants have slaughtered at least 21 civilians in northeastern Raqqa, local activists said Sunday. Most of the knife-attack victims were shepherds living in Maadan, a desert area controlled by Shiite militias.    Activists...

 Sporadic tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs continued Tuesday in Sudan’s West Darfur province, as the death toll climbed to at least two dozen people, some of them burned to death, according to a local aid group working in the area. Some of the 24 dead were children, said...