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Tales of Syrian suffering: Abu Abdo

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Abu Abdou fled his home in Khalidiya neighborhood in Homs six years ago towards Eastern Ghouta of Damascus. One day, Abu Abdou was picking up plastic bags and empty bottles from streets in Hamuriya to sell them and feed his children when a shell fell near...

Turkish fire drives Syrians to Afrin city

Trapped in a basement for three days with his family as Turkey shelled their northern Syrian hometown of Jandairis, Merhi Hassan fled just in time to escape bombardment that almost killed his elderly father. The family piled into a rusted pickup truck with whatever they could scavenge...

US report raps Alibaba's Taobao, others for pirated goods

Alibaba's Taobao website and numerous public markets around the world were cited Friday as purveyors of hundreds of thousands of dollars in pirated goods in the US government's annual "notorious markets" review. The report by the US Trade Representative spotlighted online venues that...

Lebanese hospital holds Syrian refugee woman and her newborn

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Lebanese hospital is holding a Syrian refugee woman and her newborn as her husband can not afford the $2000 bill.  Ali Jumaa al-Qasum, father, told Zaman al-Wasl that he had taken his wife to the hospital in the Zaghrata region for a caesarean operation at one of...