( ESPN )- ON A COOL February afternoon, one of Syria's greatest soccer players sits outside a mall on the Persian Gulf, paralyzed by a decision that he fears could kill him. For five years, Firas al-Khatib has boycotted the Syrian national team to protest dictator Bashar al-Assad, who...

By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Former detainee in Syrian regime’s prisons spoke about his imprisonment, where he was subject to brutal torturing and witnessed killing many detainees under torture.   Ab Rami, Palestinian from Syria, from Southern of Damascus, used to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Mohammed, Mahmood and Ali, three brothers from the Yarmouk camp south of Damascus have a genetic disease that affected their muscles and their ability to walk and move, which turned their and their parents’ lives into hell, especially with the siege forced on the camp. ...

More than 1,200 people including rebels left two opposition-held districts of Damascus on Friday under an agreement that will bring Syria's government closer to exerting full control over the capital. For more than two years, the government of President Bashar Assad has touted such...