The besieged Syrian town of Daraya, a rebel-held suburb of Damascus where President Bashar al-Assad has refused to allow aid to starving Syrians, got its first U.N. aid convoy since 2012 on Wednesday. Russia's Defence Ministry said a temporary ceasefire, which it called a "regime of calm", had...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Opinions contradicted about the step of forming a interim government inside Syria headed by Dr. Jawad Abu Hatab, who was recently elected following Ahmed Tomeh. The governor of liberated idlib, Bilal Jbairo in his talk to Zaman Al Wasl, described...

Islamic State militants fought back vigorously overnight and parried an onslaught by the Iraqi army on a southern district of the city of Falluja, the group's bastion near Baghdad, officers said on Tuesday. An aid official warned of a "human catastrophe" unfolding in the city, with residents...

One year after Indonesia offered temporary shelter for hundreds of Muslim Rohingya, those who remain in camps are seeking employment and clarity regarding their status. Hundreds of refugees have even fled northern Aceh province in hopes of reaching Malaysia and meeting relatives and acquiring...