WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States designated two dozen individuals and groups as foreign terrorists or terrorist facilitators on Wednesday, enabling it to freeze assets and block financial transactions as it stepped up its offensive against Islamist militants in Syria....

Reporting by Maher Radhwan, Writing to Zaman English by Dani Murad HOMS (Zaman Al Wasl)- As the bitter conflict in Syria continues, we weren’t surprised when it came to our knowledge that in addition to the bread crisis for two weeks in...

  Reporting by Mohamed Al Faris; Writing to Zaman English by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- A member of the investigation committee for measles vaccine case that caused death of 36 children last week, revealed that staff of “Jerjanaz”...

  Hania, Greece (A Jazeera) - When Doa al-Zamel and her fiance embarked on a voyage across the Mediterranean in an Egyptian fishing trawler, they felt their dream was coming true. "We were going to be married in Italy, and then we would live in Europe - we...