Iran has trained and deployed thousands of Shiite Afghans as shock troops in Syria’s sectarian war. Members of the Afghan unit, the Fatemiyoun Division, wear a shoulder patch recounting words of praise from Iran’s supreme leader as a badge of honor. What those fighters might do when...

 Syrian refugees rejoiced on Sunday at the news that Angela Merkel had secured a fourth term as German chancellor, but said they were alarmed by the rise of the far-right AfD party, which they feared could push her to tighten asylum rules. “We prayed that Merkel would win,”...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two years ago, a lorry found on an Austrian motorway with the decomposing bodies of 71 people, including 15 Syrian migrants and a baby girl, inside. In their memory, Zaman al-Wasl is publishing their names, date of birth and nationality. Austrian police said of...

By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Former detainee in Syrian regime’s prisons spoke about his imprisonment, where he was subject to brutal torturing and witnessed killing many detainees under torture.   Ab Rami, Palestinian from Syria, from Southern of Damascus, used to...