Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday a nationwide three-month state of emergency after Friday's failed coup that martyred 246 people and injured over 1,500 others. "The purpose of the state of emergency is to most effectively and swiftly take steps necessary to eliminate...

By Abdullah Al Ghadawi; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl)- Secretary General of Syrian National Coalition SNC Abdul Illah Fahid said Assad will not remain in the transitional period “even for one day”.  He did not stop at that, but added that whoever thinks of Assad...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian human rights organizations and prominent figures have appealed to protect civilians in the city of Daraya in Western Ghouta of Damascus, that has been under siege for 4 years after controlling the fields by the Syrian regime, which considered...

 Syrian rebels and a monitoring group said two explosions that struck a Syrian town near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Wednesday were caused by an Israeli air strike but Lebanon's Hezbollah blamed rocket fire by al Qaeda-linked militants. At least one blast struck near the...