By Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al  Wasl)- When Wael Jakesh, one of the most dangerous commanders of the National Defense militia in al-Salamiyah city east of Hama province or perhaps even all Syria, was killed on June 5, 2017, he was celebrated as “a martyr of the homeland who died fighting...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday threw his weight behind a planned Sahel force to fight jihadists on a lightning visit to Mali but told countries in the region their efforts had to bear fruit. Faced with a growing number of jihadist attacks in central Mali which have also hit...

An Egyptian court on Sunday upheld the death penalty for 20 men charged with killing policemen in the violence that followed the military's ousting of former-President Mohammad Morsi in 2013, while changing the sentence for many others to hefty prison terms. The verdicts can again be...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A big fire tore through a camp for Syrian refugees in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Sunday, killing three refugees, a security offcials said. The camp is located near the town of Qab Elias, an hour's drive from Beirut. Meanwhile, Syrian refugees who endured to major...