(Zaman Al Wasl)- Local council of Free Homs Governorate appealed on Friday to the negotiating parties in Geneva to break the siege of al-Waer neighborhood in central province of Homs. The statement, seen by Zaman al-Wasl, called on the different boards, international and local institutions,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters took at least 11 villages from regime army and rebel factions in northern Aleppo province, activists said Saturday. Activist Omar al-Shamali told Zaman al-Wasl that Isis had taken villages of Tel Shaeer, Bragheed and Qasajek in the northern countryside...

Pope Francis arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday, turning the world's attention to the frontline of Europe's migrant crisis which has claimed hundreds of lives in the past year. Francis, leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, was scheduled to spend...

MASHIKI, Japan (AP) — Two powerful earthquakes a day apart shook southwestern Japan, killing at least 29 people, injuring 1,500, trapping many beneath flattened homes and sending thousands to seek shelter in gymnasiums and hotel lobbies. The exact number of casualties remained...