Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Kurdish PYD's key unit, Asayish militia, seized13 houses in Alsiahi and Gharbi neighborhoods of the northeastern city of Qamishli, saying the move is protect properties of expatriates and migrants, activists said this week. Owners abroad and...

(Middle East Eye)- US Secretary of State John Kerry told Syrian aid workers, hours after the Geneva peace talks fell apart, that the country should expect another three months of bombing that would “decimate” the opposition. During a conversation on the sidelines of this week’s Syria...

Syrian government forces have tightened a three-year siege on two rebel-held suburbs southwest of Damascus by capturing land between the two and choking off their supply route, state media, a monitoring group and a rebel spokesman said on Saturday. The suburbs of Daraya and Mouadamiya were...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Saturday for better protection at the European Union's external borders in order to maintain the passport-free Schengen zone. Merkel, who opened her country's borders to Syrians fleeing civil war last summer, is under increasing pressure...