(Zaman Al Wasl)- Five children have been killed in a landmine explosion in Eastern Ghouta suburbs near the capital, local activists said Tuesday. The explosives are suspected to have been planted by regime forces in the village of al-Jarba during the war on the eastern enclave of...

When Mazen al-Dalo took two of his young sons to see the Palestinian protests against Israel’s decade-old blockade of Gaza, he knew it could be dangerous. Rock-throwing demonstrators were being shot by Israeli soldiers, and armored Israeli jeeps were firing endless volleys of tear gas...

Wrapping an arm around her stomach, the young woman hung her head and recounted the day in early November when she and a friend were bound, dragged into the bush and raped by four men with guns. “My body hasn’t been the same since,” the 18-year-old said. The men attacked during an...

MSF and SOS Méditerranée announced Thursday they will be ending the operations of the Aquarius migrant rescue ship, which has become a lightning rod for the controversy surrounding Europe's policies on accepting migrants. MSF (Médecins sans frontières or Doctors Without Borders) and...