Syrian mediators reached an agreement Friday for the release of some 300 cement workers kidnapped by the ISIS, a monitor said, but it was unclear exactly how many were freed. ISIS abducted the employees on Monday from Al-Badia cement factory outside the town of Dumeir, around 50...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Friday have thwarted major attack launched by regime forces and allied militias on Handarat district in northern Aleppo province, activists said. Bashar al-Assad's forces aim to capture the strategic Handarat camp to cut  rebels supply route as well to...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Derik camp near Mardin city at the Syrian-Turkish borders, witnessed several incidents of fire, which incited huge worried about the safety and neglect the Syrian refugees suffer compared to other camps in Turkey. the latest comic-tragic accident...

Migrants held on the Greek islands Lesbos and Chios live in "appalling" conditions with little access to legal aid or information about their fate under a European Union agreement that will send some back to Turkey, Amnesty International said on Thursday. Under a deal between...