BEIRUT (AP)- Activists say Syrian rebels and local government officials have agreed to a truce in the last opposition-held area of the central city of Homs. Activist Beibars al-Tilawi said the 10-day truce beginning Thursday will allow more food to enter the al-Waar...

Translation  by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Many civil associations in the embattled Yarmouk refugee camp for Palestinian refugees in Damascus appealed on Wednesday to the United Nations, and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) and all humanitarian bodies in...

By Editor in-Chief; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- We welcome 2015 with hope and enthusiasm despite the prevailing feeling of pain and fear for Syrians and Syrian-Palestinians. Zaman al-Wasl has learnt a lot last year, it improved the management...

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) António Guterres said Wednesday that his agency needed $2.9 billion this year to support Syrian refugees and their host communities in Jordan. The announcement came during a press conference held by Guterres in Amman, during which...