By Mohamed Omar al-Sharif (Eqtsad)- Many middle class Syrian traders headed to Jordan with nothing or some savings after the start of the revolution. There they struggled and worked to become investors with property and commercial enterprises. Eqtsad speaks to Adnan Zahra a Syrian merchant...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Shops in al-Hasaka markets closed due to rising tensions in the northern part of the city between the regime's forces and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) militias on Thursday May 08,2017.  In a statement to Zaman al-Wasl, Abdul Malik al-Ali, a local activist,...

The number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has risen to more than 100,000 since an outbreak began on April 27, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The rapid spread of the disease through 19 of Yemen’s 23 governorates highlighted a humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen after two...

Despite defeats in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has reorganized and is now "more focused than ever" on attacking Europe and other areas outside that conflict zone, a senior UN official said Thursday. "ISIL, despite continuous military pressure, continues to resist, particularly in Mosul and Raqa,"...