(Zaman al-Wasl) Bashar al-Assad appointed Major General Jaiz Swadet al-Hamoud al-Musa as governor of al-Hasakah province on Sunday. Al-Musa succeeds Mohamad Za’aal al-Ali as province governor raising many questions about why this extremely loyal and only recently retired officer was appointed...

Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi has agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire that could be extended, the war-torn country's foreign minister said Monday, a day after international calls for a truce. "The President agreed to a 72 hrs ceasefire to be extended if the other party adheres to it",...

Saudi Arabia is prepared to agree to a ceasefire in Yemen if the Iran-allied Houthis agree, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Monday, adding that he was skeptical about efforts for peace after previous ceasefire attempts had failed. The Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen has...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fourteen members of the same family were killed in a regime air strike on eastern Aleppo on Monday, emergency service workers said, as the Assad army pursued its Russian-backed campaign to capture opposition-held areas of the city. A list of the dead published by the Civil...