Hong Kong has closed more than a dozen beaches after a palm oil spill washed foul-smelling, Styrofoam-like clumps ashore, the latest major environmental disaster to blight the territory's waters. The Chinese-controlled city closed two more beaches in the south of Hong Kong island on Tuesday,...

By Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl)- Zaman Al-Wasl obtained exclusive information about the identity of the Syrians who were humiliated by the Turkish border guards and the circumstances of what happened to them. The information revealed a number of striking and interesting...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Abusing Syrian refugees photos which circulated by the Turkish social media have put the reputation of the country and its authorities at a new test, particularly with regard to the border guards treatment of Syrians crossing into Turkish territory. The photographs,...

Lebanon's Hezbollah movement and jihadist militants on Sunday started exchanging the bodies of fighters as part of a ceasefire deal for the restive Syria-Lebanon border. The truce, announced by the movement and confirmed by Lebanon's General Security agency on Thursday, ended six days...