(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime plans to dissolve two powerful intelligence departments, a move seeks to give immunity to members involved in war crimes as well as before Russia and U.S. agree on Bashar al-Assad destiny, well-informed sources told Zaman Al Wasl. Sources said al-Assad has plans...

Editing by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian women refugees in Lebanon face unbearably difficult living conditions, which make them subject to exploitation and abuse, resulted mainly from the shortfalls in international assistance and discriminatory policies imposed by the Lebanese...

ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide truck bomb blast that killed at least 47 people Sunday south of Baghdad. In a statement posted on social media, ISIS named the bomber who detonated his explosives-laden truck at a checkpoint outside the city of Hilla as Abu Islam al-Ansari....

A total of 135 people were killed in the first week of a partial truce in Syria in areas covered by the deal, a monitoring group said on Saturday, highlighting its fragile nature just days before the United Nations attempts to reconvene peace talks. U.N. envoy Staffan de...