The shadowy leader of thousands of Islamist fighters in Syria and Iraq, appears to be surpassing al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri as the world’s most influential jihadist. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) — known for its ruthless tactics and...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) DAMASCUS- (Zaman Alwasl)- Syrian security has arrested Rasha Shorbaji, 32 years old with her 3 children “Owais 4 years, Mona 2 years and Batool a year and a half old". Besides, their two aunts Bana al-Abbar, 38 and...

Italy's navy says it has picked up nearly 3,000 people in the last 24 hours as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean by boat. The navy released pictures on Saturday showing the rescue of migrants from overcrowded and unsafe boats. The video showed at least 450 people being...

(Al Arabiya)- Sarah Abushaar, the daughter of a Syrian father and a Palestinian mother who was born in the United States and raised in Kuwait, addressed the Harvard Commencement 2014 on Thursday. Her speech titled “The Harvard Spring” sought to provide homage the pro-democracy...