Pro-unity protesters gathered for a rally in Catalonia's capital Barcelona Sunday, two days after regional lawmakers voted to break away from Spain, plunging the country into an unprecedented political crisis. As protesters gathered for the march, the deputy president of the region's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 20 prisoners broke out of a rebel-held jail in southern Daraa province, shedding the light of the deteriorating security condition in Daraa after a series of assassinations and car bombs, local activists said on Sunday. The inmates who were charged with drug...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Lebanon has officially appointed Saad Zakhia as its ambassador to Damascus, such a move welcomed by the Syrian regime and sparked outrage of Syrian activists. Last July, The Lebanese government recommended Zakhia to be its ambassador to Syria.  The step seemed as a...

SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan’s veteran leader Masoud Barzani will not extend his presidential term beyond Nov. 1, a Kurdish government official said on Saturday. His decision came just weeks after a referendum on Kurdish independence backfired and triggered a crisis...