By David Patrikarakos ( RFE/RL )- 2017, it seems, will be no less chaotic than its predecessor -- an aphorism made plain by a mere glance at the state of international politics extending from Paris to Washington. But nowhere is this trend clearer than in that most tumultuous of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime’s vacuum missiles killed three people in central Hama province on Tuesday, activists said as regime and rebels swapped dozens of women prisoners and hostages, some of them with their children.  The missile attack targeted the villages of al-Jaberiya,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A statement issued by the first lawful judge in Damascus  encouraging second marriage to lessen the war losses and to reduce spinsterhood has sparked anger amid regime supporters on Tuesday. Judge Mahmoud Marawi told state-run Tishreen Newspaper that second marriage is...

The Syrian government and rebel groups swapped dozens of women prisoners and hostages, some of them with their children, in Hama province Tuesday evening, pro-opposition activists said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based opposition-aligned group, said government...