Azza Abo Rebieh got her guards to give her pencils and paper, then began sketching the faces and habits of fellow inmates in Syria’s notorious detention system. This is Hiam, a 65-year-old woman smoking a cigarette and sipping matteh, a warm herbal drink popular in Syria. It is...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 38 troops from coastal Tartus province were killed in the July, pro-regime news feeds said. Most of slain soldiers have been killed by Daesh and rebels in eastern and southern Syria. The death toll included 12 army officers, one of them was Brigadier General....

 The Democratic Republic of Congo Thursday flew a team led by Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga to an eastern region hit by Ebola, the country's second outbreak in less than three months, a local official said. The delegation from Kinshasa "arrived in Beni today," the city's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Senior regime security officer killed Tuesday by unknown assailants in the desert town of Dumayr east of Damascus, local activists said.   General Nadim Kamel Asaad, the security officer of Dumayr military airport, was ambushed along with two Air Force Intelligence...