The United Nations Security Council Wednesday called for a ceasefire to be implemented across Syria and expressed concern about the country's humanitarian situation, Netherlands U.N. Ambassador and council president for March Karel van Oosterom said. "The cessation of hostilities...

   (Zaman Al Wasl- AP)- Fresh air strikes on eastern Ghouta near Damascus brought the death toll for Wednesday's bombardment on the rebel-held enclave near Damascus to 45, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said at least 18 of the...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime has mourned the first female soldier killed in the besieged Eastern Ghouta as the Russia-backed forces wage one of the deadliest offensives in the war. Rana Hashem was born in Salamiyah town in north western Hama province. More than 119,000...

One of three people arrested on Tuesday in France in connection with Islamist attacks in the Spanish region of Catalonia in August was put under formal investigation on Friday while the other two were freed, a judicial source said. The man kept in custody over suspicions of being linked...