Reporting by Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl) The town of Rawda in the Lebanese Bekaa valley witnessed on Friday a crime whose victim was a Syrian refugee. Activists stated that the refugee Abed al-Naser Qalaa nicknamed Abi...

Government troops and rebels appeared to be fighting to strengthen their positions in several parts of Syria on the eve of a truce between the government and most rebel groups, aimed at easing the suffering of civilians. A war monitor reported clashes around Aleppo and Damascus, but pushes...

Turkey appointed new administrators in two dozen Kurdish-run municipalities on Sunday after removing their elected mayors over suspected links to militants, triggering pockets of protest in its volatile southeastern region bordering Syria and Iraq. Police fired water cannon and tear gas to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Asayish militias, the security wing of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) have started demolishing houses belong to Arabs Southern Qamishli, under claims of building without permission, while they turned the blind eye to other houses belong to Kurds. Activist Mahmood...