A diplomat says Iraq's border crossing with Jordan is expected to reopen in about two weeks, ending an 11-month closure and enabling the resumption of vital trade and a return of Iraqi refugees. Safia al-Souhail, the Iraqi ambassador to Jordan, said Saturday that the Trebil crossing is to open...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- The education directorate in rebel-held Idlib province has received fund from Chemonics organization to cover some expenses in educational sector in the province, head of the directorate tolld Zaman al-Wasl. Jamal Shahoud said the $600,000 that...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The local council of Moadamiyet al Sham said no humanitarian aid entered for the besieged town on the outskirts of Damascus as regime forces tighten noose on 45,000 people since 150 days. The council, in statement issued on Friday, denied regime news of the Red Crescent...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Forcible conscription of youth is continuing in the province of Hasaka, as the regime is forcing all employees to run military training sessions to recruit them later in the army, while the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and Syrian Democratic...