Writing by Abdul Salam Haj Bakri (Zaman al-Wasl)- Unheard stories and new scenes presented for the first which time had supposedly closed the door on, were presented for participants in the demonstration organized by the media network Jeron in the third commemoration of the chemical massacre...

The jihadi employment form asked the recruits, on a scale of 1 to 3, to rate their knowledge of Islam. And the Islamic State applicants, herded into a hangar somewhere at the Syria-Turkey border, turned out to be overwhelmingly ignorant. The extremist group could hardly have hoped for better....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A military source disclaimed circulated news in the media about Russia establishing a new military base in Palmyra airport following recapture of archeological city from Islamic State. The source told Zaman al-Wasl the rumors are incorrect confirming the Russians established a...

The world community has yet to find an adequate response to cultural destruction as shown by the deliberate wrecking of ancient sites in Syria and Mali by Islamist radicals, the head of the UN's cultural organization said. Irina Bokova, director general of the United Nations Educational...