(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels took two villages from regime army on Monday in al-Ghap Plain in central Hama province, local activists told Zaman al-Wasl. Free Syrian Army (FSA) backed by Jund al-Aqsa Brigade seized control of Kharbet al-Naqus and al-Hakura villages in surprise attack. Two...

( EQTSAD )- The Syrian labor milieu in Turkey is witnessing a rising debate and severe divisions about calls being made on social media websites for Syrian laborers in Turkey to strike for three days starting first of May. Muhammad al-Naemi, the head of the Syrian Association for Refugee...

Around 50,000 Syrians are stranded in no-man's land along the border with Jordan, a three-fold increase since January because of increased security checks, state news agency Petra reported Monday. The agency, quoting government spokesman Mohamed Momani, said the estimated 50,000 refugees were...

The biggest earthquake in Ecuador in decades has killed 272 people -- but that toll will 'certainly' rise even further, the president said as overwhelmed rescuers struggled to pull survivors out of the destruction. The 7.8-magnitude quake struck the small, oil-producing South American...