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'I did not see the sun for a year': Syrian survivor

Hatice Ahmet, who was arrested by the regime forces in Syria along with her four friends, cannot forget the tortures she has been subjected to in the Bashar al-Assad regime’s underground prison.  The 38-year-old survivor was arrested four years ago in Damascus for allegedly providing...

Army posts hit by Israel in Monday-dawn strikes: source

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A military source told Zaman al-Wasl that Israel's Monday-dawn airstrikes had succeeded to hit powerful Syrian defense systems, revealing the location of most of it. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the first strikes hit the 91th Brigade, affiliated...

Survivors recount horror tales of Syrian prisons

The travails of three women, 38-year-old Refeyda Zeytun, her sister and mother began at a hospital in Haresta region in the Syrian capital of Damascus, after her mother was injured in an airstrike.  Instead of treating them, they were arrested by Syrian regime forces, on suspicion that...