A planned protest against a sharp hike in internet costs in Benin was blocked on Friday in Cotonou, the country's commercial hub, after the authorities refused to grant a licence for the demonstration. This week saw the start of a new law, imposed without explanation, that has driven up...

The Russian military says an Israeli raid on Syria triggered a chain of events that led to its Il-20 plane being shot down by a Syrian S-200 surface-to-air missile. Moscow reserves the right to respond accordingly. On Monday evening, four Israeli F-16 fighter jets attacked targets in...

(Zaman Alwasl)-  Zaman al-Wasl has collected all search engines in one engine to facilitate the search process by readers for detainees and wanted Syrians. Zaman al-Wasl seeks to shed the light on the fate of the Syrian disappeared and victims of arbitrarily arrest as well as the...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said Thursday in new report that no less than three massacres were perpetrated in August by the warring parties in Syria.   The report notes that the first two years of the popular uprising saw the largest portion of ethnic and sectarian...