Germany’s Christmas markets opened on Monday at the start of the holiday season, with security staff on hand and concrete barriers to protect shoppers, nearly a year after an Islamist militant killed 12 people by driving a truck into crowds. Some 2,600 markets, known for their...

A breakthrough in U.N.-backed Syria peace talks in Geneva this week seems hardly more likely than in seven failed earlier rounds as President Bashar al-Assad pushes for total military victory and his opponents stick by their demand he leave power. U.N. Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 9 civilians have been killed on Monday in renewed airstrikes on the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs near the Capital, local activists said. Monday’s strikes targeted Madyara suburb topping the death toll to 160 people, including 30 children, since the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The educational process in Syrian opposition-held eastern Qalamoun region is facing many challenges and difficulties as most schools suffer lack of textbooks provided by the regime. Hazem Bakr, a pseudonym for a faculty member in the tow of al-Rahiba northeastern...