( Zaman Al Wasl )- The months that followed the liberation of Raqqah from the regime forces in March 2013 were decisive and sensitive. The city was the first center in the Syrian province to fall outside of regime authority and control and witnessed heightened diversity as political relations...

The North Korean elite are outwardly expressing their discontent towards young leader Kim Jong Un and his government as more outside information trickles into the isolated country, North Korea's former deputy ambassador to London said on Wednesday. Thae Yong Ho defected to South Korea in...

China is calmly mapping out global leadership aspirations from trade to climate change, drawing distinctions between President Xi Jinping's steady hand and new U.S. President Donald Trump, whose first days have been marked by media feuds and protests. Just days ahead of Trump taking office,...

(The Guardian)- Bana al-Abed, the seven-year-old girl whose tweets from Aleppo gave devastating insights into the Syrian war, has pleaded with Donald Trump to “do something for the children of Syria” in an open letter. Bana amassed hundreds of thousands of followers for her messages...