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For Pyongyang, Mideast offers cautionary nuclear tale

As North Korea considers negotiating over its nukes, it may find lessons in the Middle East, where leaders imperiled, paranoid or pugnacious have long used the doomsday weapon threat to secure a wobbly perch. It is a delicate dance - and getting the balance wrong can end badly. Holding...

Syrian women recount regime prison ordeal

By Burak Karacaoglu and Mohamad Misto - (IDLIB, Syria/ ISTANBUL)- Women who escaped from prisons run by the Bashar al-Assad regime say they suffered all forms of torture, including rape. The regime forces are responsible for 7,699 rape cases involving at least 864 women and...

Syrian regime releases 400 people in eastern Qalamoun

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime has freed 400 people arrested seven months ago while they were fleeing ISIS-held area in eastern Syria province to the Qalamoun region near Damascus, a rebel spokesman said Thursday. Said Seif, spokesman for Ahmed al-Abdo Battalions, told Zaman al-Wasl...