US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Syria's president to use his power to free Austin Tice, a US journalist abducted nine years ago, on his 40th birthday Wednesday. "I am personally committed to bringing home all Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad. We believe...

Hurling a javelin, leaping over hurdles and sprinting beyond rows of tents to win gold, displaced children in the northwest of war-torn Syria have staged their very own Olympics. As the Tokyo Olympics wrapped up at the weekend, 120 boys from 12 different camps excitedly gathered late on...

It has been a year since Zaman al-Wasl published an exclusive report revealing the crimes of Mouwafak al-Al-Dawah, the Syrian-Palestinian militant who was detained by the German police in Berlin on Wednesday.   The prosecutors said al-Dawah is suspected of firing a grenade into a...

 An explosion at the entrance of military barracks on the western edge of the Syrian capital Wednesday set a bus on fire, killed its driver and sent black smoke billowing over the area, Syrian state media reported. Initial reports on state media said the explosion in the gas tank of a...