German judges Thursday sentenced a Syrian man to three and a half years in prison for crimes including posing with the head of a decapitated corpse in his home country. Identified only as Kassim A., the 34-year-old received one and a half years from the superior state court in Koblenz for...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- During the first stages of the Syrian revolution, many officers and soldiers defected from the Syrian army and joined the ranks of the rebels to defend their families and their homes. However, with Russia’s military political, and even media and psychological...

Greek officials and residents from islands harbouring thousands of asylum-seekers staged a protest in Athens Thursday against plans to build new camps. Dozens of demonstrators from the islands of Lesbos, Chios and Samos gathered outside the Greek interior ministry, brandishing banners...

The United States has granted Iraq a 45-day sanctions waiver enabling the country to continue importing vital Iranian gas and electricity supplies, two Iraqi officials said Wednesday. The U.S. has applied stringent sanctions on Iran that punish any country trading with it. The issuance...