Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- “when the fox is caught, he plays dead,” an expression a colleague on Facebook “made as a special dedication to BBC’s professional consciousness and the English humanitarian consciousness on the eve of...

Syrian government troops surrounded Hama prison in the west of the country on Monday and fired tear gas after inmates revolted, seizing several guards, a monitoring group reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said inmates were protesting against the planned transfer of a number of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 200 people, including 8 women, have been arrested by Regime forces in the coastal city of Baniyas on Monday, local activists said. Regime media, in its usual reference to locals as terrorists, confirmed carrying out detentions stating, “detaining a number of...

Writing by Ethar Abdul Haq: Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 1500 displaced people from Deir Ezzor, Raqqa, and Aleppo were expelled from Sweida province over claims of being terrorists and come from areas controlled by the Islamic State. The human rights breach was carried...