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Chemical weapons watchdog members voice concerns over Syria

Member states of the global chemical weapons watchdog voiced concern Tuesday that Syria may still possess such weapons after inspectors discovered traces of what could be a byproduct of a nerve agent or poison gas at a Syrian research facility. In a report submitted to the Organization for...

Fleeing accountability, Assad swaps out war criminals

Attempting to evade accountability, the regime of Bashar al-Assad has dismissed Syrian security intelligence chiefs accused of war crimes and replaced them with “clean figures,” according to local sources. The officials of the regime, known as perpetrators of war crimes including the...

Army posts hit by Israel in Monday-dawn strikes: source

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A military source told Zaman al-Wasl that Israel's Monday-dawn airstrikes had succeeded to hit powerful Syrian defense systems, revealing the location of most of it. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the first strikes hit the 91th Brigade, affiliated...

In battle for Libya's oil, water becomes a casualty

While Libya’s oil lies at the heart of three months of fighting over Tripoli and years of power struggles before that, water is becoming a far bigger concern for its people. Interruptions to water supplies are common after eight years of near-anarchy since Muammar Gaddafi was ousted, but a...