Zaman al-Wasl has obtained a new package of mass torture photos for Syrian children, showed systematic killing and maimings by Bashar al-Assad's security services. The atrocious photos of mass torture had been taken between 2011 and mid 2013 in the well-known 601 military hospital in...

Ending the Kurdish insurgency in Turkey's impoverished southeast would unlock trade with  Iran , Iraq and eventually Syria, and kick-start a local economy long left behind by the rest of the country. Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan said last...

The Syrian government and some opposition figures will start a second round of talks in Moscow on Monday focusing on humanitarian issues, although a broader agreement is unlikely as Syria's main opposition group continues to boycott the talks. Participants say they do not expect any big...

 Turkey’s highly-debated domestic security law that gives enhanced powers to Turkish police among a host of other measures has entered into force. The domestic security law was published Saturday in the official gazette after it was passed by the Turkish parliament’s general...