Reporting by Abdulsalam Haj Bakri (Zaman Al Wasl)- The year of 2016 was the hardest on the coastal cities of Syria compared to previous years since the beginning of the Syrian revolution.  Difficulties varied from lack of security and wide spread of Shabiha mercenary groups who had done...

Syrian regime army advanced Monday as it battles to capture a rebel region that is key to the capital's water supply, launching strikes and artillery fire threatening a fragile nationwide truce. The cease-fire brokered by regime ally Russia and Turkey, which backs the opposition, is now...

The screams of a dozen Syrian and Palestinian children pierce the air of a community center in Lebanon's Shatila refugee camp. Yet the children are not hurt. They are yelling to express the anger and fear they feel as victims of conflict in special "peace education" classes. "We don't...

President-elect Donald Trump again cast doubt Saturday on a U.S. intelligence finding that Russia meddled in the U.S. election through computer hacking, a conclusion that led to U.S. sanctions against Moscow. "Well, I just want them to be sure, because it's a pretty serious charge, and I...