(Zaman Al Wasl)- Abu Abdou fled his home in Khalidiya neighborhood in Homs six years ago towards Eastern Ghouta of Damascus. One day, Abu Abdou was picking up plastic bags and empty bottles from streets in Hamuriya to sell them and feed his children when a shell fell near...

MOSCOW/Donetsk, Ukraine (Reuters) - In the fall of 2015, pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine were introduced to a moustachioed new commander who, like his predecessors, went by the codename Tuman - “fog” in Russian. Also like his predecessors, he appeared to be a Russian national....

Heavy fighting resumed in Syria's Eastern Ghouta Sunday after a short period of relative calm following reports that a cease-fire had been agreed there late Friday, a war monitor and pro-government media sources said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 5 civilians killed on Sunday as regime forces stepped up aerial and ground bombing on the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs, local activists said. The bombardment of the rebel-held eastern enclave of Damascus continued since Saturday after  collapse of...