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500 regime troops, militants killed in January

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 500 regime troops and allied militants killed by ISIS, rebels and former al-Qaeda group in January, local monitoring units said. The high death toll come as regime backed by Russia's heavy aerial bombing launched major attacks in the embattled enclave of...

Sick of exile, Syrians start to trickle back home

Desperate to escape Syria’s terrors, Ammar Maarawi bolted. In early 2016, he paid smugglers and endured a dangerous sea crossing to Greece and an exhausting journey by train, bus and foot through Europe. Two years later, the 36-year-old is back home in Aleppo. He returned last summer...

Atareb: local campaign to stop violence against women

By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Several plastic mannequins appeared on window shops in the town of Atareb in northern Aleppo province. The faces were marked by red and blue to show bruises.  They wrote statements next to the mannequins encouraging men to treat women...