Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl- Eqtsad )- Souq al Amara, a small and popular marketplace near the Old City of Damascus where almost everything needed for food can be found, but the only difference from the capital’s markets is the low prices where poor and middle class people can...

(Al Jazeera)-  In Syria, the besieged town of Douma, 10km northeast of Damascus, has been under intense regime and Russian shelling for the past few weeks. One resident, Osama Nasser, describes what it is like to live there: It usually begins in the morning, at around 8am, and lasts all...

The Turkish Armed Forces has released details of a 40-day air and land operation on the terrorist PKK's mountainous bases in Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province. According to local army sources, the operation -- named after Staff Lt. Col. Ilker Celikcan -- was launched on Sep. 27....

The White House said Friday it was "very concerned" with the initial findings of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons about the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria. "We are continuing to investigate these allegations very closely and to be proactive about the threat...