Three dozen countries, including all 28 EU members, called on Saudi Arabia on Thursday to release 10 activists and cooperate with a U.N.-led investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at its Istanbul consulate. It was the first rebuke of the kingdom at the U.N. Human Rights...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 15 troops from coastal Tartus province were killed in January and February, pro-regime media activists said. The death toll included four army officers. The Alawites-dominated areas are still the main manpower supply for Bashar al-Assad's regime. ...

European countries will urge Saudi Arabia this week to release detained activists and cooperate with a U.N.-led probe into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in the first rebuke of the kingdom at the Human Rights Council, diplomats and campaigners said. The joint statement, due to be...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- One civilian has been killed and dozen wounded by regime shelling in northern Idlib province Sunday, local activists said.  The artillery fire struck the town of Khan Sheikhoun, marking a week of daily bombardmet in the southern countryside.   At least...